Chapter 28
I know it's been a while guys but i hope you love it anyway, it's a little bit dark but so be warned that torture is mentioned. Please let me know what you think!
'Ah she awakens, hello there beauty' the man who enters says mockingly.
'Why am I here?' I say calmly taking him in.
He's about 6,2" and his muscles are straining against his short sleeve t-shirt, a scar rips down the side of his face from his eyebrows right down to his jaw and his mouth is set in a grim hard line.
'I've been searching for a way to get information about the originals for a long time baby vamp, all you have to do is tell me everything you know about them and I do mean everything and I'll let you go' he lies with an ugly grin.
Klaus this isn't going to be pretty I think with a wince as he goes to the door and knocks twice, soon after it opens and he wheels a trolley inside.
What's happening love he growls desperately.
'Now are me and you going to become new best friends' he asks as he grabs a knife dipping it in a bowl of what I can smell is concentrated vervain.
'Give it your best shot' I laugh at him, torture sucks but once you've been tortured by your father it doesn't really get much worse.
I'll see you when you get here Nik, I love you I think desperately as I start to block off our emotional and mental connections, imagining a wall and desperately hoping it works Klaus's guilt will be unimaginable if he feels this.
Caroline what are you doing stop… is all I get before he's gone, I can still feel his aura, but I can't sense his emotions or hear him anymore. Which is definitely for the best with what's to come, I'm just glad that it worked he doesn't need to live through this with me.
It's hours later when I dismantle my mental blocks but not my emotional ones, Klaus doesn't need to feel what I feel right now I'm getting better at controlling this connection but it's still brand new so I'm not sure how successful I'm being.
NEVER DO THAT AGAIN is blasted into my head as soon as the last one in down.
I can't promise that, are you getting closer? I ask unable to stop a smile escaping at finally being able to hear his voice again.
I'm running sweetheart I promise, have you found out what they desire are you okay? Stop blocking your emotions NOW! He isn't bothering to hide his rage, but I can hear it in his voice even if I can't feel it.
They want information on all of you, there are two main guys that seem to be running it I think tiredly.
Give them it! Open the connection love! He shouts.
I'm not giving them anything! I snarl back angry he'd ask me too they are my family too.
We can't be killed love we don't need protecting, Kol is threatening to shake you until your eyes pop out if you don't start cooperating. Sweetheart I need to feel you to make sure you're okay open the connection he snarls back.
Trust me you don't need to feel what I'm feeling you need to focus, and I protect my family tell Kol I said hi and I'll see him soon I say gently trying to soften the blade of my words.
I deserve to feel everything your feeling, the reason you're in pain is because of me his voice is a whip inside my mind.
He's only human I've had worse and that was way before I met you, I swear if I feel an ounce of self-recrimination from you when I reopen this bond I'm going to brain you I growl at him.
The door opens and torturer number two makes his way in with a swagger and a sadistic smile, and I groan they've already established shifts.
I've got to go Nik, but I'll see you soon don't worry about me I have this, just tell me when you're close I give a mental kiss.
I'm coming for you sweetheart, and I'll make them beg for death he growls just as I close the bond again.
This guy has a certain level more skill than the first, and he even knows how to use the grates in the ceiling not understanding how the sunlight no longer affects me, score one for the newest hybrid in town I think wryly. Then I'm in too much pain to think much of anything.
Klaus… I venture tentatively, not knowing the time or if he needs his focus.
I'm here sweetheart his reply is immediate.
How's the search for me going I joke shifting slightly the dried blood itching my skin.
We're getting close sweetheart hours out at most his desperation is leaking through in his voice.
When you get here don't kill these two I ask giving him a detailed description of both torturers.
They deserve a long and drawn out death sweetheart his voice even mentally is pure fury.
Their deaths are mine I say calmly wishing I could drop all blocks and just be with him.
Of course love, I understand a dark acceptance in his tone.
Ah evil twin number one is coming back it must be his shift I think amused at how frustrated both have gotten with their lack of information.
Three hours love drop your blocks in three hours and I'll be there, hold on sweetheart Klaus shouts in my head.
I'm fine Nik, I know you're with me I send back with a smile, before once again I'm alone.
With little else to do but feel every agonising second of my torture I count the seconds and then the minutes unless I'm pretty sure It's been roughly three hours, I hesitantly open my mental blocks desperately trying not to think about my thigh muscle which is hanging out of my leg.
Has It been three hours I try to keep my voice level.
I can scent you love I'm nearly there, I can hear your pain he snarls and I can all but hear his teeth gnashing.
I spit out some blood that's gathered as I try to structure a reply.
Vampire healing is pretty awesome, how long have I been missing I ask curious as I loose all the skin off my leg for the third time, I think anyway it's hard to keep track.
47 hours sweetheart we're in Canada he says distracted I'm here love, we'll be there in minutes he says triumphant.
Just remember what I asked don't let anyone else kill them either I snarl at a particularly deep cut digging into my kidney.
I hear banging seconds later and my torturer stands up looking at the door warily, I laugh and spit at his feet.
'You've got seconds' I grin bloodily at the fear In his eyes.
Before he can even make a move the door slams off it's hinges and klaus flashes in, he grabs the guy holding him with one hand and even he must be able to feel the fury leaking off the angry hybrid.
'Take him Kol, put him with the other' he throws him to Kol who I've just noticed is standing in the doorway.
He's staring at me in anger and horror and he grips the guy by the neck frozen.
'I'm alright Kol I promise, Nik please help me get out of these chains' I say tempted to loose it now that I'm finally safe.
Kol disappears and Klaus flashes to me grabbing keys out of his pocket and unlocking them quickly, I fall into his arms and finally I sigh in relief letting all my blocks collapse I cry in pure relief clinging to him like he's going to leave.
'I've got you love I'm here, I'm here, I'm so sorry' he repeats over and over as I collect myself.
'I'm just so happy you're here, I'm okay really' I wipe my eyes with a smile.
'You're not okay' he growls gripping me tighter.
'You're right I'm unbelievably angry' I mutter getting to my feet on shaky legs grabbing Klaus for support, feeling that burning hot anger infuse me.
'you're in no condition to do this sweetheart' he says softly stroking the blood crusted hair from my face.
'I need this, do you need any information from them first' I say feeling stronger by the second, Klaus shakes his head in the negative and pulls a blood bag out of his pocket I dive on it like I did when I had just turned.
He hands me another one quickly afterwards and I demolish that as well feeling myself healing as I drink, Klaus pulls me to him and offers me his neck but I hesitate.
'You'll need your strength' I hesitate still hungry.
'I have more than enough for both me and my mate' he snarls unflinching and I know it's not a choice, he needs it as much as I do.
I feed tenderly but quickly relishing in the feeling of us together again, I don't take much but it's enough to revitalise me and make me feel almost back to normal.
'thank you' I kiss him softly, feeling his emotions crash into me like a storm of anger, desperation and finally relief.
'Let's take care of this so we can go home' I say gently grabbing his hand in my filthy one.
To his credit he doesn't hesitate just leads me up through the labyrinth that is this underground cellar I've been kept in, until we're finally in the sunlight, it's only then I feel the chill in the air and remember that I'm only in my underwear and we're in Canada. Klaus is quicker than I am though and before I can blink his warm shirt is falling around me and I hug the material to me tightly.
I see my two least favourite people in the world kneeling on the ground, fury in their eyes and their hands bound behind there backs. Kol, Elijah Rebekah and oddly Bonnie stand behind them glaring furiously.
Bonnie see's me and gasps in shock bringing a hand to her mouth as she takes in the layers and layers of dried blood coating my skin and Klaus's shirt being the only thing covering me.
'You don't need to see this Bon' I say quietly.
'I can handle this Caroline don't you dare' she maintains her glare even as her bottom lip trembles slightly.
Klaus she'll hate me if she sees this I say sadly.
She refused to be left behind sweetheart, she'd never hate you.
I debate for a few minutes but the look in her eyes convinces me, she's one of the most stubborn people I've ever met and I can tell this won't be an easy fight.
'So who are you?' I turn to the evil twins at my feet.
'They are wannabe hunters, think they know everything about vampires, we get a few of them attack us every few years. Nobody of note, they belong to a dwindling organisation of no real importance' Kol says quietly.
'Interesting, so the whole torture me till I crack idea was concocted by the two of you alone' I ask.
They stay silent.
'It's in your best interest to answer my questions, this is going to end in your painful deaths rest assured, but how quickly we get to those deaths is determined by just how co-operative you both are.' I say silkily kneeling down so I can look them in the eye.
Without warning I strike reaching out and using my vampire strength to rip the thigh muscle out of the one with a propensity for mine, he screams in pain falling to his side and panting hard as blood squirts over my arms. I dig my fangs into my arm and drip the blood over the wound.
'You don't get the privilege of dying from blood loss' I hiss at his fallen figure.
'He took both my thighs three times; do you remember what you did to me, I can keep you alive to relieve every cut every break' I ask his friend in barely a whisper he's frozen in shock face unnaturally pale.
He glares setting his jaw in resolve 'It was our idea, we did our research you were a baby vampire, we thought we'd crack you in hours and then we'd take all of them down. You were constantly around them you had to know something.' His panting friend gasps out still groaning in pain.
I laugh, and the sound is ugly in the silence 'You know nothing of torture, I've had far worse from far more interesting people than you'
'Now you had a propensity for knives and vervain my stoic friend, unfortunately I'm short of both time and supplies but I'm sure we can make something work' I grin nastily.
I take my time with him making him relieve every injury he inflicted, unfortunately he's only human so we only get one round and I have to keep healing him as we go, but afterwards I'm feeling much better my pent-up rage well and truly extinguished as I leave him to die of blood loss making sure to bleed him completely this time making sure none of my blood remains in his system.
His other friend Is fully healed by this point shaking and quivering, begging for mercy and pleading for me to make his death quick. I feel no pity or remorse as I quickly but cleanly use a stick to sever his jugular, the stick pins him to the ground and he stays there as he gurgles and moans his last breath bleeding out into the grass.
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