Chapter 9.

2 months later

Picks up where Lucien Castle is in town and he has already had kidnapped Freya to use her to become an Original 2.0 and is at large after Klaus and Hayley had saved Freya.

"What do you think his plans are now that he is much stronger than before?" Elijah asked Klaus over Skype.

"To kill us all, I presume."

"Yes, obviously, but how is he planning to do this. I mean we have the house under Freya's name so no vampire can enter but does if work for Lucien Castle?."

"It has to" Klaus answered absentmindedly. He was more worried about Caroline who was still grieveing and at the moment she was at the Mikaelson's visiting Nik. "I'm going to go check on Caroline."


He finds her standing on the balcony, watching over the street, buzzing with tourists, much like usually in last months after the merge. He joined her on the balcony, wrapping his arms around her from behind and starting to lay small kisses on her neck.

Caroline pulled free of him. "Klaus, don't, not now."

"Then when, Caroline? You have been saying "not now" for the past two months."

"I just lost my daughter, Klaus. I'm sorry but I am not ready to have sex with you."

Klaus sighed in utter frustration. Having her so close so often when she was visiting them and not being able to touch her, left him completely frustrated. He understood that she was grieving but he didn't have a road map for how long it was suppose to last. And that made him so anxious.

"I understand but physical touch could make you feel better, Caroline."

"Not when all I think about is her. And I'm leaving tomorrow morning."

"Fine."


The next morning Klaus took her to the airport himself for safety concerns. He actually felt relieved that she went to Mystic Falls as then she wouldn't be in the same city as Lucian Castle. He kissed her cheek and off she went.

When he got back home, a frantic Freya ran towards him, telling him that Hayley was missing. That she had gone outside, had said she'd be back in half an hour but it was 3 hours already and she had returned.

"Also, no word about Cami. Marcel has been visiting her every day and today she wasn't home. So something is off with her too."

"Damn it. Why did Hayley go outside? She did know about the threat to all of us?"

"She said that there was a shop she wanted to visit."

"Not a word about this to the children, Freya."

"Of course."

Klaus started to storm off, when Freya asked her brother, "Where are you going?"

"To find them of course."

"You think it's wise to storm off alone? I mean what if Lucien is stronger than you?"

"He won't be."


Klaus wanted to storm through the Jackson square to reach Lucien's apartment when something strange caught his eye. It was two paintings, his own paintings that were displayed there. One of them he had given to Hayley on the day Hope was born and the other one was a gift to Caroline on the day that their relationship got official. He took them and looked them in the back. On one of them there was an address to an abandoned factory and the other one had a warning. "In an hour of they are dead."

"Damn it." He had expected Lucien to have Camille, not Caroline.

Klaus immediately called Feya about it and said to call Marcel and tell him that he needs back up as he was heading to the factory now.

When he got to the factory, he tried to listen in before entering it. He caught the voices of Lucien, Hayley and Caroline.

"What do you want from us?" Hayley asked.

"I'm sorry, didn't I tell you already. You are the bait to get Klaus here." Lucien answered.

"Well, I am here, so why don't you release them and deal with me?"

"Oh, Niklaus," Lucien grinned. "Nice of you to join the party."

"What do you want, Lucien?"

"You dead, of course, but first we're going to have a little fun and for that I'm inviting someone to join us. Come out, dear."

From far a way corner of the factory a woman stepped in. She was blond and wearing all black. Klaus was first to recognize her when she got closer.

"That can't be." Klaus was in utter shock.

"Oh, yes it can," the woman answered.

Then Hayley who had been chained to the roof next to Caroline, also recognized the blonde woman.

"Camille, what are you doing here?" Hayley asked.

"I've come to end you, one of you at least," Camille said, pointing her finger at Hayley and Caroline who was still unconscious.

"And this is where you come in, Niklaus." Lucien chimed in. "On one hand we have the mother of your miracle baby and on the other, the woman of your dreams. And this is where you have choose."

"Either you let Hope live the rest of her life without her mother OR we kill the the love of your life. So which is it gonna be?" Camille finished for Lucien.

"Why are you doing this, Camille? Why did you betray me like that?" Klaus asked, coming out of the initial shock. He had many betrayals in thousand years of his life but not one so hurtful.

"ME? I BETRAYED YOU?," Camille yells at him. "I wasn't the one who tortured you with my girlfriend for hours."

"Don't get angry, dear. He's just trying to provoke you."

With that Lucien pulled Camille in for a kiss during which Klaus tried to move in on them. But Lucien was faster as he picked up a wooden stake and flashed to Caroline putting the stake next to her heart.

"One more move, Niklaus, and she's dead."

Klaus backed away with arms in air showing that he's surrendering.

"Choose Klaus or I am going to choose for you. You have 3 seconds."

"1…2…3, okay, Klaus, time's up. Lucien, honey, you know what to do."

Hayley and Klaus both yelled "NO" in unison as Lucien bit Caroline in the neck, leaving a nasty wound behind.

"You know what I just did, Niklaus, I bit you woman and she's going to die in hell of a pain and torture. And there's no cure for that. I'm sorry to say."

"Don't worry, Klaus, we are going to release Hayley as promise as soon as you are dead. So are you going to let us kill you nicely or are you going to fight us. If you do, it's going to be way worse for you."

At that moment Marcel and 20 vampires stormed the place, snapping Camille's neck and trying to do the same with Lucien but he was quicker and after a little fighting he escaped. Klaus tried to follow him but he was gone.

Then they released Hayley and Caroline and Klaus sent them home with Marcel.

The two vampires were starting to take Camille too but were stopped by Klaus, yelling "LEAVE HER TO ME!"


When Camille woke up, she was still in factory and was chained to the roof, just like Hayley and Caroline were and Klaus was standing in front of him.

"Before I end you, Camille, I want to know why and How did you get together with Lucien Castle?"

"I met him in Rousseau's as I was out for a drink alone. He was there and we started to talk about you. Then he offered me a deal that when he get's stronger, then he is going to kill you and if I wanted, we could also kill Caroline. As to why…do you really need to ask me that?"

"Yes." He hissed at her.

"I was so mad and hurt by your betrayal, I couldn't sleep or do anything productive, so one day when I was offered that deal, I just had to accept it, To at least get rid of her. I didn't really want you dead, but it came with a package. And I really like Lucien that's why I kind of am together with him."

"Not for long," Klaus said as he picked up the stake and drove it through Camille's dead heart.


SO Camille is dead and we are nearing the end of the story.