Three

Katherine could hear arguing around her, but she couldn't quite pinpoint who was arguing and about what. She could only focus on her throbbing headache which seemed everlasting and just as painful. As the voices grew louder, she could heart her annoyance grow.

She finally opened one brown eye and realized much to her horror she was sitting in the Salvatore's living room. Sitting dangerously close to the fireplace by the way. Stefan and Damon stopped arguing as soon as they saw she had woken up. Meanwhile, Blondie over there looked like she was choking on her own tears.

Katherine raised an eyebrow as she tried to leave, but it took her a second to realize she was currently sitting down on a chair. It took her another second for her to realize the ropes had been soaked with vervain and every move she made felt like someone was stabbing her in one of her veins.

She raised an eyebrow. "I see that you're taking precautions."

Damon shrugged as a slow smirk appeared on his face. "Don't take it too personally, Kitty Kat. This is how we treat all of our deranged guests."

"What the hell did you do to me, Katherine?" Caroline hissed as she went towards her, nearly spitting in her face. "You made me human! What the hell did I ever do to you?"

She grimaced. "I told you before, it's nothing personal. I was pissed off at Klaus, Klaus cares about you, ergo come on Blondie do I really have to spill it out for you?" Caroline looked like she wanted to slap her. "Careful, you might break your wrist."

Caroline looked like she wanted to say something else, but Stefan placed a hand on her shoulder and said gently. "Why don't you go upstairs and rest, Caroline? You're probably exhausted."

Caroline hesitated, but then narrowed her blue eyes towards Stefan. "Fine, but you better not let her escape."

The three of them watched as Caroline made their way up the stairs. Katherine turned towards both brothers. "How the hell did you two find me? I thought you two were too busy dealing with my lovely doppelganger who has no humanity."

"Liz called," Damon snorted. "She said you crashed your car, what happened Katherine. Your illusions of grandeur caused you to suddenly forget how to drive?"

Katherine opened her mouth to respond, but no words came out. What was she supposed to say? That she crashed her car because she thought she saw her dead sister, Kristina? They would laugh in her face. "Momentarily lack of judgment. Why did you two idiots take me, it seems you two have enough on your plates between a human and a vampire with their humanity turned off."

Damon arched his face towards Katherine. "Listen to me, Pierce. The second Klaus finds out his beloved Caroline is human all hell is going to break lose."

"That seems like a personal problem. I have no idea how to fix Caroline. The girl was collateral damage. Why not give her blood, kill her, and have her fed on the mailman?"

Damon and Stefan exchanged looks and Stefan cleared his throat. "We thought about that, but we don't know about the side effects of the cure. If we feed Caroline vampire blood with the cure in her system, she might not wake up."

"Bummer."

Stefan threw her a dirty look. "Which is why we are going to New Orleans to get help from Klaus to make Caroline into a vampire again."

Damon smirked. "And guess who is tagging along?"

Fear washed over Katherine. "Are you insane? I can't go! Klaus will kill me the second he finds out!"

"You don't have a choice, Katherine. You brought this on yourself," Stefan said dryly. "Either you come with us and confront Klaus about what happened and maybe, just maybe Caroline can ask him to spare your life. Or you can be his main target for the next 500 years. The choice is entirely up to you."

The next morning Stefan, Caroline, and a reluctant Katherine were all ready to head to New Orleans. Damon was staying behind with Bonnie to try and get Elena to turn her humanity on which seemed less than impossible these days.

"Call me when you get there," Bonnie insisted as she hugged Caroline. "And careful. I heard there are not a lot of nice people in the French Quarter."

"With Klaus being one of them," Katherine grumbled as she moved her hands in the shackles Bonnie had placed on her last night. She couldn't rip them off no matter how hard she tried. Only Stefan had the power to do so. "Remind me why we are going straight into the lion's mouth again?"

"You can hardly complain," Caroline snapped at her. "You were the one that made me like this."

"Believe me, Care I am regretting thinking of the stupid idea in the first place," Katherine had a sour expression on her pretty face. "We don't even know where Klaus lives. Are we planning on knocking on every door of the French Quarter?"

"That is a rather stupid idea, so that is why you will be bringing me along." Rebekah Mikaelson suddenly entered the room. Her blond hair was in a ponytail and she was wearing a pair of leather pants with a red tank top. She used her vampire speed to wrap her hands around Katherine's throat and pressed her against the wall. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't toss your head in the Salvatore fireplace and call it a day?"

"What the hell are you doing here, Bex?" She managed to respond. "Did Matty Blue Eyes finally find a way to avoid you? It's a shame no one else is as lucky."

Stefan put his hands on his hips and sighed looking like a tired dad coming home from a camping trip. "Can we please not do this?" he arched an eyebrow. "Everyone get in the car. It's going to take us hours to get to New Orleans."

As the girls grumbled under their breaths Stefan turned to Damon who was drinking his second bourbon of the day even though it was barely eight in the morning. "Are you going to be ok with Elena?"

Damon nodded, though he didn't look sure of it. "Witchy and I will take care of it. If we don't figure it out by the time you four come back-" he trailed off. "Are you going to be ok with the Spice Girls? Rebekah has a mean grip and Katherine has those sharp nails she can poke you with. Caroline is a walking target, so you'll really have to keep an eye on her. Does Liz still not know?"

"No," Stefan shook his head. "She thinks Caroline is taking a couple of college tours for a week in Louisiana."

"This problem doesn't look like it's going to go away in a week, brother."

-End of Chapter Three-