Chapter Nineteen:
The next day after I woke up and was given some of Rebekah's clothes to wear and I changed into them and then walked out of the room.
Klaus then told me what happened last night and I learned that Esther came back and tried to turn Ric into a vampire hunter like Mikael but was unsuccessful and they both ended up dying.
I then went to the school with Rebekah to help her clean up the cafeteria and gym after the dance.
Rebekah and I were in the cafeteria picking up cans off of the floor when Caroline walked in.
"Where's Matt?" Caroline asked us.
"He bailed." Rebekah said to Caroline.
"He got called into work at the last minute." I said to Caroline.
"Are you kidding me? So it's just us?" Caroline asked us.
"Yes, and you're late. Clean-up committee started at 8:00." Rebekah said to Caroline.
Caroline then pulled out her cell phone to see what time it was.
"It's, like, 8:02." Caroline said to us.
"Exactly. I managed to turn up on time… and I didn't even get to attend the dance that I organized." Rebekah said to Caroline.
"And I spent the night as a wolf." I said to Caroline.
Then it was silent for a while until Caroline broke it.
"I'm sorry about your mom. I mean, I know you, like, hated her and everything… but still… I'm sorry." Caroline said to Rebekah.
"I'm sorry about your teacher. He seemed like a nice guy." Rebekah said to us.
"Yeah, he was." I said to them.
"I'm gonna get started on the gym." Rebekah said to us.
"I'll help you." I said to Rebekah.
Rebekah and I then walked out of the cafeteria and then walked into the hallway where we saw Ric standing there staring at us.
"Ric?" I asked Ric confusedly.
"You're supposed to be dead." Rebekah said to Ric.
"I am." Ric said to us.
Ric then used vampire speed to run over to Rebekah and shoved her up against the wall of lockers and held her there.
Ric then pulled a white oak stake out of his jacket's pocket and was about to stab Rebekah in the heart with it when Caroline and I ran over to them and pulled him off of her.
Caroline then grabbed the white oak stake out of Ric's hand and then stabbed him in the heart with it thinking that he'd desiccate and then be set on fire but nothing happened.
Rebekah, Caroline, and I then looked at each other before running away.
Rebekah and Caroline were able to make it outside the school thanks to their vampire speed but I never did.
As I was running down the hallways Ric caught up to me and threw me into the walls of lockers and I fell to the floor unconscious.
When I woke up I found myself tied to a desk and gagged in Ric's class room. The ropes that kept my hands tied must have been soaked in wolfsbane because they were burning my wrists and the cloth that gagged me must have also been soaked in it because whenever I tried to breathe it felt like razors cutting my lungs.
I then looked over next to me and saw that Caroline was in the same position I was in except she had two pencils dipped in vervain stabbed into her hands and her gag was soaked in vervain.
Ric then pulled out his cell phone and called Elena.
"Whoever this is, it's not funny." Elena said to Ric over the phone.
"Who else would it be?" Ric asked Elena.
"Ric?" Elena asked Ric over the phone.
"Listen closely. I'm at the school. I have Caroline and Caitlin. And if you wanna keep them alive, I need you to get into your car… and come down here right away. If you tell anyone where you are going… I will kill them." Ric said to Elena.
Ric then hanged up his cell phone and almost twenty minutes went by.
"Right on time." Ric said to himself.
Elena then walked into the class room and saw Caroline and me.
"Caitlin. Caroline." Elena said to us.
Elena then looked over at Ric who was sitting at his desk.
"Let them go, Alaric." Elena said to Ric.
"Free them yourself." Ric said to Elena.
Elena then walked over to Caroline and then tried to pull the pencil out of her hand but before she could pull it all the way out Ric slammed the pencil back into her hand making her scream in pain.
"Hey. You said that you would let them go." Elena said to Ric.
"How many times do I have to tell you, Elena? Stop trusting vampires." Ric said to Elena.
Ric then removed the gag from Caroline's mouth and then soaked it in a beaker full of vervain and then went to bring it back to her mouth.
"No. I don't want to. Please no more." Caroline said to Ric pleadingly.
"Alaric, stop…" Elena said to Ric.
Elena then walked towards Ric and he looked at her.
"Sit down." Ric said to Elena sternly.
Elena then sat down at a desk.
Ric then put the gag back in Caroline's mouth.
"This keeps the vervain in her system. It's like inhaling razor blades with every breath. The same thing applies with your sister except with wolfsbane. " Ric said to Elena.
"Why are you doing this?" Elena asked Ric.
"To make it easier on you when you put them out of their misery." Ric said to Elena.
"What? No." Elena said to Ric.
"Isn't this what you wanted, Elena? For me to teach you how to kill a vampire?" Ric asked Elena.
Ric then pointed at Caroline.
"Well, here's a vampire, Elena. Kill her." Ric said to Elena.
"This isn't what I want." Elena said to Ric.
"Of course it is. All those hours you spent training, getting stronger. You could be a hunter, Elena. But you've never actually staked a vampire through the heart." Ric said to Elena.
"Why are you doing this?" Elena asked Ric.
"Because you need me. Because you're an 18-year-old girl without parents or guidance… or any sense of right and wrong anymore." Ric said to Elena.
"Look at you. How is this right?" Elena asked Ric pointing at Caroline and me.
Ric then pointed at Caroline again.
"She's a murderer. She told me she killed someone and liked it. Now, how is that right?" Ric asked Elena.
Ric then pointed at me.
"And your sister? It's only a matter of time before she takes an innocent's life during a full moon," Ric said to Elena.
Ric then let out a sigh.
"Listen, Elena, your parents led the Council. It was their life's mission to keep this town safe. They weren't dead six months before you undid it all." Ric said to Elena.
"You don't know anything about them." Elena said to Ric.
"Why, am I wrong? Do you actually think that they'd be proud of you? If you don't side with the humans… you're just as bad as them." Ric said to Elena.
Ric then pulled out the white oak stake and held it out for Elena to take.
"Now kill her. Or I'll do it for you, and I'll make it hurt." Ric said to Elena.
Elena then stared at the white oak stake but didn't take it from Ric and he got mad.
"Get up." Ric said to Elena angrily.
Ric then grabbed Elena by the arm and pulled her up to her feet and then dragged her in front of Caroline and put the stake in her hand.
Elena then pretended like she was about to stake Caroline but at the last second she went to stake Ric but he grabbed her arm took the stake out of her hand.
"I thought I taught you better than that." Ric said to Elena.
"You did." Elena said to Ric.
Elena then grabbed the beaker filled with vervain that was sitting on a nearby desk and smashed it against Ric's head making him fall to the floor screaming in pain.
Elena then pulled the pencils out of Caroline's hands and removed the gag from her mouth.
"Get help." Elena said to Caroline.
Caroline then used her vamp speed to run out of the class room.
Elena then ran over to me and was about to untie me when Ric grabbed her and threw her to the other side of the room.
Ric then pulled a syringe filled with wolfsbane out of his jacket's pocket and then injected it into my neck which caused me to become unconscious.
When I woke up I found myself lying on a king sized bed in an unfamiliar room and I slowly sat up as the effects of the wolfsbane started to subside.
I then heard fighting coming from somewhere downstairs so I walked out of the room and realized that I was in Klaus' mansion.
I then heard more fighting so I walked downstairs and towards the living room where the noise was coming from.
When I walked into the living room I saw that Damon and Tyler were both holding one of Klaus' arms and Stefan had his hand on Klaus' chest.
I then watched hopelessly as Klaus began to desiccate and he fell to the floor as Damon and Tyler let go of his arms.
Damon then walked over to Elena who was lying on the floor holding her head and helped her stand up.
I then ran over to Klaus' side and kneeled next to him.
"No, no, no, no. You're okay. You're gonna be fine." I said to Klaus sobbing.
I then looked up at Elena, Stefan, Damon, and Tyler.
"What did you do?!" I yelled at them.
I then looked back down at Klaus and saw that he was staring up at me and unable to talk.
"Blood. You need blood." I said to Klaus.
I then saw a needle lying on the floor and I grabbed it and was about to make a cut on my hand with it when Stefan grabbed me and pulled me away from Klaus.
"Let go of me! He needs blood!" I yelled at Stefan struggling to get out of his grip.
Stefan ignored me and looked at Damon.
"We should get them home before the sun sets." Stefan said to Damon.
"Let me go!" I yelled at Stefan.
Stefan then started dragging me out of the mansion after Damon walked Elena out and when we got outside he put me in the back seat of a SUV next to Elena.
Stefan and Damon then went back into the mansion and then came out fifteen minutes later carrying a coffin and I knew Klaus was in it and they put it in the trunk.
Stefan and Damon then got in the SUV and drove to mine and Elena's house and when we got there Stefan and Damon walked us to the door.
"You two are really gonna walk me all the way to the door, aren't you?" Elena asked them.
"Lost a lot of blood today." Stefan said to Elena.
"Yeah, I know, but I told you I'm fine. I just have a little headache." Elena said to them.
"Yeah. Sun's about to go down and Ric's gonna be able to terrorize the streets any minute." Damon said to us.
"Yeah, but he can't hurt me. It's you two that we should be worrying about." Elena said to them.
"Ah, he won't be able to find us. I'll, uh… I'll call you when we get back." Stefan said to Elena.
"I know it's selfish. I know that it seems like I'm stringing you both along, but I… I don't know what I'm supposed to do. I mean… if I choose one of you, then I lose the other. And I've lost so many people, I just… I can't bear the thought of losing one of you." Elena said to them.
"Uh, it's, uh… It's been a long day." Stefan said to Elena.
"Yeah, we'll call you from the road. After we dump Klaus' body in the Atlantic." Damon said to Elena.
"Just be careful. Both of you." Elena said to them.
Stefan and Damon then walked back over to the SUV and I ran after them.
"Please, let me say goodbye to him at least. Please." I said to them pleadingly.
Stefan and Damon then stared at me for a few seconds before sighing.
"Sure. Go ahead." Stefan said to me.
"You got two minutes and then we're leaving." Damon said to me.
"Thank you." I said to them.
I then opened the trunk door and then I opened the coffin so that I could look at Klaus.
As soon as I saw Klaus I started crying again.
"I love you. Do you hear me? I love you and I will always love you." I said to Klaus.
I then kissed Klaus on the lips.
"I don't know what I'm gonna do, but I know I can't stay here so I'm leaving. I'm gonna grab my clothes and leave Mystic Falls forever. I'm not sure where I'm gonna go and I don't care. So this is goodbye, Klaus." I said to Klaus.
I then kissed Klaus on his cheek and then looked at his face one last time and saw that there were tears in them.
I then closed the coffin and then the trunk door and made my way over to the house.
When I walked into the house I could hear Elena, Jeremy, Bonnie, Caroline, Matt, and Tyler celebrating Klaus' defeat in the kitchen and I walked towards them.
"Hang on. Do you guys hear that? That is the sound of a Klaus-free life." Tyler said to them.
"To a Klaus-free life." Everyone said laughing.
They then drank their shots that they each were all holding in their hands and then they noticed me.
"Caitlin, I…" Elena began to say to me before I stopped her by putting my hand up.
"No. Don't stop on my account. After all, you guys are celebrating getting rid of Klaus, right? So, by all means, go right along and celebrate all you want. But just know that you're also celebrating getting rid of me." I said to them.
I then walked over the isle where a bottle of tequila was sitting and picked it up.
"So this is my goodbye to all of you. My so called family and friends." I said to them.
I then took a long swig out of the bottle of tequila and then sat it back down on the isle.
I then began to walk out of the kitchen.
"Caitlin, you can't be serious. I know you had feelings for Klaus, but he was just using you." Caroline said to me.
I then walked up to Caroline and then slapped her across her face which surprised everyone.
"He loved me and I loved him. He never used me. He never hurt me the way you all did. So, yeah, I'm serious about leaving. And you can all rot in hell for all I care." I said to them.
I then stormed out of the kitchen and then walked upstairs to my room.
When I walked into my room I slammed my door close and then began pacing around.
"What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?" I asked myself.
I knew I had to come up with something to stop Stefan and Damon from dropping Klaus into the Atlantic and knew that Elijah was the only person who could help me.
I then pulled out my cell phone and called Elijah.
"Hello?" Elijah asked me over the phone.
"Elijah, its Caitlin. I need your help." I said to Elijah.
I then told Elijah what happened and what Stefan and Damon plan to do to Klaus and he told me that he was on his way to Mystic Falls.
I then took a couple of suitcases out of my closet and then began filling them with my clothes from my closet and dresser drawers.
Once the suitcases were filled with my clothes I took them out to my car and put them in the trunk.
I then got in my car and began to drive out of Mystic Falls.
When I got to the Welcome to Mystic Falls sign I put my car in park and stared at it.
Then my cell phone began ringing and I answered it to hear Jeremy's panicked voice.
"Caitlin! Where the hell are you?" Jeremy asked me over the phone.
"I'm at the town line, Jer. I told you I was leaving." I said to Jeremy.
"You have to come back. Elena's in the hospital. I found her unconscious and bleeding from her nose and ears." Jeremy said to me.
When I heard that all my anger towards Elena disappeared.
"I'm on my way back, Jer. Keep an eye on her and call me if anything happens. I'll see you soon." I said to Jeremy.
"Please hurry. I'm worried." Jeremy said to me over the phone.
I then hanged up my cell phone and then I looked up at the Welcome to Mystic Falls sign and I saw that Elijah was standing next to it.
I then got out of my car and ran over to Elijah and hugged him.
"Oh, thank God, you're here." I said to Elijah.
"Come on. We have to work fast before it's too late." Elijah said to me.
Elijah and I then got in my car and we drove to my house since I got a text saying that Jeremy took Elena there.
When we got to my house we walked up to the front door and we walked in just as Elena was about to walk upstairs.
Elena then looked at Stefan who was standing in the kitchen with Matt.
"Stefan." Elena said to Stefan.
Stefan then saw Elijah standing in the hallway.
"Elijah." Stefan said to Elijah.
"Hello again." Elijah said to Stefan.
Elena, Stefan, Elijah, Matt, and I then sat down at the kitchen table to talk about Klaus and Ric.
"All we need is to take the stake away from him. Once he's been disarmed… the weapon's in my possession, my family will scatter to the ends of the earth… and Alaric will follow us." Elijah said to us.
"And you'll just run?" Stefan asked Elijah.
"We've done it before. Klaus and Rebekah spent the better part of 1000 years evading my father. What's another half-century while Elena's able to live out her natural life?" Elijah asked us.
"We finally stopped him, Elijah. After everything that he's done to us… I can't just let you bring him back." Elena said to Elijah.
"I give you my word, Elena. I will not revive Klaus within yours, nor even within your children's lifetimes. Perhaps it'll teach him some manners." Elijah said to Elena.
"Why should she trust you? All you've done is screw her over." Matt asked Elijah.
"And for that, I'm deeply ashamed. But know this. She could've been dead the instant I walked through that door." Elijah said to us.
Elijah then solely looked at Elena.
"So, Elena, I leave it to you to make the decision… whether to trust me or not." Elijah said to Elena.
Damon who was on the speaker phone the whole time decided to chime in at that moment.
"Not. Hello? Did that concussion give you brain damage? His lunatic siblings will kill you the first chance they get!" Damon said to Elena over the phone.
"Rebekah and Kol will honor the terms. If you return Klaus' body to us… Elena will come to no harm. Do we have a deal?" Elijah asked us.
"No! No, no, no, no. Did I mention no?" Damon asked Elena over the phone.
"Elena, it's up to you." Stefan said to Elena.
"Oh, come on!" Damon yelled over the phone.
"Why do you want Klaus' body?" Elena asked Elijah.
"He's my brother. We remain together." Elijah said to Elena.
"Please, Elena. Give him the dignity of being with his family instead of being in the middle of the Atlantic." I said to Elena.
Elena then let out a sigh and then nodded her head.
"We have a deal." Elena said to Elijah.
After that Jeremy came home and we had him call Ric to lure him into a trap.
"Yes?" Ric asked Jeremy over the phone.
"I know where… Klaus' body is." Jeremy said to Ric.
"Good. Tell me." Ric said to Jeremy over the phone.
"Damon's on his way to bury him in the woods off Route 12. I'll text you the specifics." Jeremy said to Ric.
"Thank you, Jeremy. You're doing the right thing for your sisters." Ric said to Jeremy over the phone.
"I know." Jeremy said to Ric.
Jeremy then hanged up his cell phone and then looked at us.
"He bought it." Jeremy said to us.
"Good. Rebekah and I are leaving now and we'll meet up with Damon to get Klaus." I said to them.
I then left the house and got in my car and began to drive to a storage unit 100 miles away.
When I got to the storage unit it was at the same time that Rebekah did and we walked in and started walking down the hallways of storage lockers looking for Damon.
"Damon. Damon, where are you?" I asked Damon.
There was no response and it was eerily quiet in the building.
"Damon, this isn't funny." Rebekah said to Damon.
We then turned a corner to walk into another hallway and saw that all of the stocker lockers' doors were opened.
We were then grabbed from behind by Damon and he dragged us into a storage locker.
"Rebekah. Caitlin. Shh." Damon said to us.
Apparently Ric discovered that he was being led into a trap and figured out where Klaus really was and is looking for him.
Rebekah, Damon, and I then walked down the hallways and then stopped in front of storage locker number 1020.
Damon then opened the storage locker and we saw that Klaus was in there inside a coffin.
We then began wheeling him down hallways towards the exit and then we wheeled him outside to the parking lot.
Once in the parking lot we wheeled him over to the SUV and that is when Ric caught up to us.
Ric then threw each of us away from the coffin and then opened it.
Ric then pulled out the white oak stake and stabbed Klaus in the heart and he started to burn.
"No!" Rebekah yelled.
"No!" Damon yelled.
"No! No!" I yelled.
Rebekah and I then went to run over to Klaus but Damon held us back.
"No." Damon said to us.
"No! No! No!" Rebekah yelled.
"No! No!" I yelled.
Ric then pulled the white oak stake out of Klaus and then closed the coffin.
Ric then turned around and looked directly at Rebekah,
"Next." Ric said to Rebekah pointing at her.
"Rebekah. Run. Run." Damon said to Rebekah.
Rebekah then used her vamp speed to run away and I ran over to my car and got in and began to drive back to Mystic Falls crying.
When I got back to Mystic Falls I got a call from Stefan and he told me to head over to the hospital because Elena was there.
When I got to the hospital Stefan told me that Elena and Matt got ran off of Wickery Bridge by Rebekah and he wasn't able to save her.
Apparently when Jeremy took her to the hospital earlier Meredith had given her vampire bllod to heal her which meant she would come back as a vampire.