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We pick back up in the same night of events.


"Where's Klaus?" Caroline's eyes darted around the room as she slung her foot into the chest of another vampire that tried to attack her. At least half of the vampire army were still trying to fight back and the room was clouded with corpses.

"Go towards the opposite set of stairs." Elijah briefly made eye contact with Caroline as he snapped the neck of a new vampire that was trying to attack him. "You find Marcel you will find my brother."

Caroline turned towards a crowd of ten or so vampires, standing on the tips of her toes to see over the bodies. It was completely ridiculous and unnecessary to have concerns over a thousand year old Hybrid that can't be killed. Most of the vampire army lay in bloody pieces around the floor because of said hybrid. Klaus was gone and Caroline could only guess that he went after Marcel but that did nothing to calm the pit in her stomach. Caroline paused briefly to regain her composure, focusing completely on the minds of the vampires that stood around her. Several of the vampires were newborns so there minds had not been protected and cries of pain broke out as the bones in their limbs started to twist until snapping in half. The broken vampires on the ground cleared a path and her eyes landed on the person she was looking for.


Klaus gripped the throat of a young vampire while his other hand thrust into his chest cavity, a deviant smile spread with taking another life. Klaus was about to step forward to grab his next victim when the sound of vampires falling in pain caused him to turn. Distorted vampires lay on all sides of him and his eyes drifted upwards to find Caroline standing several feet away. A blonde angel of death. The blood of her victims soaked the sleeves of her white dress and blood splattered across the front. Her hair was in disarray as the once perfectly smooth curls were running wild with it's own bit of blood staining in streaks. Stunning was the word crossing through his mind. His inner musings only last a second as Caroline stepped forward with her gaze focused on the helpless vampires at her feet. In perfect unison, each vampire reached out to send their hand flying into their own chest and remove the heart. Klaus' face held a mixture of surprise with pride as the bodies fell at her feet. Caroline locked eyes with Klaus and stepped over a few hearts along the way.

"Well that was impressive." Klaus smirked, placing a hand to her arm and gently pulled her closer to his side. "No injuries?"

Caroline shook her head with a small smile, the sarcastic comment on the tip of her tongue but it quickly contorted to shock at the sudden pain in her chest. Her eyes went wide and her head bent down to see what penetrated her body. A long pointed wooden stake was protruding inches out of her chest between her spinal cord and her heart. A biting pain was seeping into her bloodstream and it was the familiar sting of werewolf venom. Caroline looked to Klaus as tears filled her eyes and her legs started to shake under the loss of strength. Her body never touched the ground as Klaus' hybrid speed grabbed her waist to steady her. The stake entered her body from behind and with one fluid motion Klaus removed the stake. Removing the stake did nothing to get rid of the sting of the venom in her chest and Caroline cried out in pain despite holding back.

Caroline tried to focus her attention away from the venom and back to the Hybrid before her. Klaus' arms were a iron cage around her waist and Caroline welcomed the support. Even though she felt strong enough to stand on her own feet, her hands went to his shoulders to keep the closeness. There was no time to examine what had just happened as the sounds of wood whipping past their bodies and the recoil of a shotgun filled the room.

"Dammit." Enzo's curse came from across the room as he now clutched his abdomen and blood started soaking through to his hand. In the distance Klaus caught sight of a group of four men all dressed in black from their boots to their long sleeved shirts. Several of the human men had shotguns drawn, one finger on the trigger and the other ready to cock back the barrel. A few were perched on the balconies above with crossbows shooting arrows at vampires that now scattered from the room. As if an invisible hand went around the remaining vampires necks, they fell lifeless to the floor around the room with snapped necks.

All heads turned to the entrance of the door way where a slender, ginger haired woman calmly approached the group and the mystery woman's confidence was unsettling. Her pale skin and vibrant green eyes could cause any persons heart to flutter. Klaus' narrowed his eyes at the sight of the newest witch but couldn't place how he knew her. Just to her side was a hunter in a tattered blue flannel shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows. The man didn't even need to carry a weapon, his smirk gave the same level of confidence as the woman's presence. Although, that confidence could be amplified by the hunters that were wielding shotguns on each side of them. The same shotguns Caroline had seen far too many times. The last gun she had the pleasure of meeting was filled with the same venom that pumped through her veins or spelled bullets. Either way, she wanted no part of what was in the hunters hands. Caroline blinked her eyes a few times as the sting in her chest was making it's presence known again.

"Genevieve, you should be long dead." Rebekah stared back, awe struck as she stepped closer to the witch with Enzo trailing behind her. "I can only assume you being back from the dead can be no good."

"A pleasure, as always, Rebekah. The last time we saw one another was when I had an Influenza rag shoved in my face so I could die. Slowly and painfully." Genevieve spoke calmly but the hate was evident. "I mean you no harm, at least not this evening."

"That's a nasty little hole you have there." The blonde haired man pointed towards Caroline's growing wound, the group stopped just a few feet away. "Looks like my men need more target practice seeing how that should have went in your heart."

"So I guess you're sent from my father's group of hunters?" Caroline watched the group with contempt.

"Oh come on now, Caroline. Don't tell me you don't remember me. We had a good time together in New York."

"Galen Vaughn." Enzo stepped forward. "How could I forget the face that tortured me. Of course, you were too much of a coward to be in the same room alone with Caroline here. It seems like nothing has changed."

"I didn't come here for an argument. I simply need something of yours and then we will be on our way." Genevieve spoke with grace that only came from centuries past.

"What is that?" Elijah joined his family with Katherine standing at his side.

"The blood of Niklaus." Genevieve's voice was flippant as if she was asking for water instead of the Original Hybrid's blood.

"Well if that's it then by all means. Come and get it." Klaus raised a hand in the air with a conniving smile. At that moment, Rebekah let out a audible gasp and clutched the center of her chest between her breasts. Enzo flashed his arms outward as her legs gave way and Rebekah's head fell limp, golden blonde hair swaying lightly. There was a look of terror mixed with disbelief that colored Enzo's face as he fell to his knees with Rebekah in his arms.

"Bex. Bex wake up." Enzo mumbled helplessly at the sight of Rebekah Mikealson lifeless in his hands and he had never looked so weak in his life. His pain was cut short by the shrieks of his friend next to him.

"Elijah!" Katherine's words could break glass at the sheer volume. Elijah crouched to his knees with his hand drawn to his chest, the same as his sister. His gaze was locked with Katherine's as her hands cupped either side of his face. The only aspect that kept him from hitting the ground face first was Katherine's firm embrace and she lowered Elijah's pale body to the ground. Both Original's lay lifeless on the ground with their eyes fixed open to the ceiling. Caroline's eyes flew to Klaus who had the same wild expression and was clutching his chest but that was all. No loss of color or the inability to stay upright. There was only a phantom pain of what his siblings were enduring now. Siblings. Kol.

"What did you do." Klaus voice was a defining growl through gritted teeth. "Where is Kol?"

"Kol.. Kol.." Vaughn snapped his fingers as if he sudden recalled who he was talking about. "Ah! Kol Mikealson. From the looks of your family, he is lying somewhere to rot in his torture and pain. Though I do remember him following along a little brunette human near the stairs..."

"Bonnie." Elena's voice was barely above a whisper when her eyes went to Damon and then Stefan. The Salvatore's and Elena flashed upstairs.

"It seems your wolf side works in your favor again, Niklaus." Genevieve confirmed what Klaus was thinking, the witch had linked all the Original's together as one.

"You have ten seconds to say your goodbyes before I rip away each of your intestines one by one." Klaus growled at the small group before him.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Genevieve gave a warning with her tone. "My life is bound to this world by Celeste and if you kill me, you kill her as well."

"I fail to see how that is a bad thing, Sweetheart." Klaus went to take a step forward as Genevieve took a small step back with her hands extended outwards in surrender. It was the first sign of weakness the witch had shown thus far.

"Celeste's life is also bound to at least forty other witches from the French Quarter. Knowing her probably even more." Her gaze went slowly over to Caroline's whose eyes had widen slightly in understanding.

"You think I care about a group of bloody witches when my family lay nearly dead at my feet!" Klaus voice escalated as he stepped forward again but it was Caroline that stopped him this time. His head lowered slightly to meet her face. She stood at his side with one hand placed firmly to his chest. The angry expression was still cemented on Klaus' face, "Move."

"No." Caroline's voice was firm and showing no sign of backing down. "You know you can't do this. If you kill her all the witches that are link to her will also die, Klaus. What do you think is going to happen? All forty or more of their families and anyone else that hates a Original vampire will come for you. Even Klaus Mikealson can't fight off forty plus witches."

"Beauty and intelligence. Your father never said you were the complete package, Caroline." Vaughn's smile widened as Caroline snapped her head to snarl at him as she spoke.

"And once we unlink those witches, you will be the first to die."

Genevieve had one hand raised to speak a small chant to remove Klaus's blood from his body. The blood involuntarily started flowing from his nose and lips to form a single line to the small glass jar in the witches hand.

"Time is up, Niklaus. We didn't have to make this difficult." Genevieve screwed the lid back on the jar and placed it back inside her pants pocket, the group slowly backed out of the room. Elena Gilbert's voice screaming above broke the tension as the witches eyes floated to the ceiling "I need all Original blood to break the sire link and as of right now I imagine Kol's blood is about to be collected as well."

"Why do you care if the vampire race is wiped from existence?" Klaus spoke with gritted teeth, wanting nothing more than to rip the heart from her chest and stuff it down her throat. He raked one hand over his nose and lips to remove the remaining blood off his face.

"I don't but there are other people that depend on this broken sire link for survival."

"See you soon, Caroline." Vaughn winked and in seconds all vanished with the wave of Genevieve's hand, magic concealing them. Both their gazes shot around them to see what enemies were left but there were none. All the hunters that were once position on the balconies had vanished along with Vaughn and Genevieve.


Upstairs

Celeste's only response was a smug smirk as she raised her hand and sent the wood puncturing Bonnie's throat.

Elena's first response was to freeze, unsure if what she was seeing was actually real. Then the uncontrollable scream left her mouth and it burned her throat. "No..No... No.." Mumbled from her lips as her fists beat time and time again to only be met with the invisible barrier. Bonnie couldn't be dead. They had been through so much together and they were supposed to have decades more. Bonnie was supposed to die a normal, human death not from a brutal one. Elena heard voices but they blended to white noise. There was a distant sound of Damon yelling to rip out the heart of the witch who killed her best friend.

"As soon as the hour strikes midnight, the barrier spell will be lifted and you can have your precious witch back. I have the blood I came for."

The words were all meaningless at this point. The only thing she saw was Bonnie. Human Bonnie with a wooden stake still protruding from her neck with blood pooling around her body. The eyes were the worst as they were froze open and fixated on Elena. The fists that beat against nothing started to slow as if someone was draining the life from her body until it came to stop completely. Her open palm lay flat against the barrier with her forehead pressing against it as well. A heavy sob left her lips, her body trying to find a way to release the pain that clinched Elena's chest.

There was no magical loop hole or other side to pull from this time.


"Bonnie." Caroline's voice was small and in disbelief. They hadn't seen each other in twenty five years and now she lay in a puddle of her own blood. Caroline raised a hand to cover her trembling lips. "Because of me." Caroline's thoughts ran away from her before she could stop her selfishness. Her eyes shifted to Elena who was still leaning against the invisible barrier and fixated on Bonnie's bloody body. The tears running down Elena's face reminded her of high school when her parents died, the hatred she carried growing weaker in this moment. Caroline knew every bit of pain she felts was small in comparison to how her ex best friend would be feeling right now. Even as kids, Elena and Bonnie carried a stronger bond than Caroline had and thier bond only got stronger as she left Mystic Falls.

" 'Lena.." Caroline's voice was just above a whisper and nostalgia lingered in the nickname she hadn't used in decades. Elena's hand on the invisible barrier curled into a fist and that was the last thing in Caroline's sights before she was sent backwards over the balcony railing. The concrete stung against her back, her body growing weaker from the werewolf venom and she slid a few feet across the floor. Elena sat straddling her with both hands pressed to her shoulders.

"You did this to her! Everyone was fine and alive until you showed back up. YOU killed her!"

The anger she emanated would have worried Caroline if it weren't for the fact that Elena could be easily overpowered not only by strength but by her mental abilities alone. No, Caroline lay on the floor with her former friends knees clinching her hips as Elena's nails in her shoulders drew blood. Caroline didn't even flinching or attempting to remove her from her assault because all she could think was "Because of me." Her arms were extended outwards flat against the floor, limp, and her gaze stayed wide as they never left Elena's furious ones. Black spider veins were starting to appear at the corners of her former best friends eyes and the fangs that sliced through the gums looked as if they were positioned to rip open Caroline's throat.

An eye blink later Elena was gone and the only view Caroline saw from her slacked position on the floor was the balcony. The view of Damon Salvatore, of all people, scolding her with his arms crossed and he had not moved from his position to stop Elena's assault. Caroline's eyes shifted back to the floor where Stefan was behind Elena with both of her arms pinned to her back, thrashing in his grip and within a second it was gone to stare back at the polish white ceiling.

"Look at me Caroline." Elena's cold voice cut through the building tension in the air. Caroline sat up slowly but her back was still hunched slightly in defeat and her head shifted up to meet Elena's view. She could feel the stares of the others around the room, Klaus was in her vision to the side who was standing next to Rebekah's pale body. "How many more people need to die around you?"

"Elena stop it.." Stefan's words were meaningless.

"No, Stefan." Elena stopped her thrashing but still had her arms pinned behind her back, her death stare was locked with Caroline's. "All I have heard since Caroline turned was what I've done to ruin her life but no one seems to point out all the hypocrisy."

Elena pointed her sights towards Katherine who crouched next to Elijah and a snarl instantly went to her lips. If it weren't for an unconscious Original, Elena would be missing a heart.

"Katherine is the one that started all of this for you. She was the one that turned you for no other reason than just being her usual malicious self and your best friends with her? Caroline, you can't even look me in the eye and I have done virtually nothing to you."

"Well let's all say a prayer for Saint Elena." Katherine's voice oozed sarcasm.

"Shut up Katherine." Caroline's voice was shaky but still strong enough to get her message across as her gaze stayed on Elena's face.

"If we want to keep pointing fingers then I will point one at you. You killed me with your bare hands, Caroline, and you forced me into a life that I never wanted. A life that none of us wanted but because you were miserable, I had to be just as miserable. I didn't kill your mom or send Bill to attack you but the blame still shifted to me. I made my peace with being a vampire after years of self hate because I always knew somewhere deep down, you didn't really hate me or blame me for what happened. I was stupid enough to think that you still cared enough that one day we could be friends again."

Elena's arms went limp and Stefan's hands slowly dropped her arms free to her sides. The anger was subsiding and was being replaced with the grief of all that was lost.

"What good can our friendship be. Matt died because some hunters that were after you wanted to send a message. Matt had a wife who wanted children and that can never happen now. J-Jeremy..." Elena's voice cracked at the mention of her brother and her legs gave out as she went to her knees. Tears spilled from her eyes and her hands wrung her hair. "My brother is dead, Caroline. The only family I had left was killed to get back at you. Where was my apology?" Damon flashed over the balcony railing to send comfort to his girlfriend with a gentle arm around her shoulders. "I couldn't handle the fact that he was gone and flipped my humanity off for months. All those kills I made could be seen as your fault."

"Do you know one of the worst parts about not being friends with you?" Caroline's shook her head from side to side and Elena's gaze momentarily went to Klaus before returning back to Caroline. "It's having to see you with him. Anything horrible that happened to us in Mystic Falls, almost all of it can be traced back to your new boyfriend. He kill Jenna... You remember Jenna don't you? The woman that raised me after my parents died and the one that you said was like a big sister you never had? I would be dead decades ago if it wasn't for Elijah because I was killed in his hybrid sacrifice. Klaus drowned Carol Lockwood, who was another innocent, just to get even with Tyler. Bonnie lost her mother and now she..."

A sob left Elena as her head fell in her hands and the words caught in her throat. Saying the word was confirming the truth and she desperately wished they were not. Bonnie and Elena had stuck together and survived decades at each others side. Elena wasn't ready to let go.


Caroline sat watching Elena breakdown just feet away from her in Damon's embrace, the words replaying over and over in her mind. Caroline thought the same words about herself over the years but had never had them vocalized before. The words were knifes cutting out her heart bit by bit until there was nothing left. Caroline's gaze went around the room to meet her friends stare who were in there own self shock at the tongue lashing they had just heard. Once her eyes stopped on Klaus, she was met with a stone exterior but his own pair of eyes could speak volumes to Caroline. They didn't linger long as Caroline bowed her head to her lap and looked at her hands that lay flat to her lap. The hands that were once again painted red at the lives that she took. The sting of tears filled her eyes and her vision was blurred. Caroline welcomed the sting of the venom that burned her chest and back from the hunters stake.

Without saying a word, Caroline flashed away.


Author's Note:

Marcel.. Marcel.. Where art thou Marcel.

I have been wait for months to write that confrontation between Caroline and Elena. It was about time for Elena to get some issues off her chest and I am sure most of you thought I was an Elena hater but I'm not. I just kinda gave up on her character after S4-ish. Good news, I have already started writing the next chapter and I think you will like how it turns out. NO SPOILERS!