It's happening now

It's something new to get to be a part of the discussions of what supernatural treat the town is facing right now. It's also nice to not be the suspect of their new problem, maybe he has to get used to it if he's going to stay around.

Arriving at the hospital he runs into the Salvatore brothers that are discussing their latest Elena dilemma, none of them seems overly happy about her memory loss. "What are you doing here?" Damon asks when the brothers see him.

"Most likely the same thing as you two." He answers and nods towards Liz that is coming their way.

She greets and thanks them for showing up. "The hospital has kept the blood banks empty ever since they were raided last month. We thought at the very least it would help keep the vampire population away." She explains.

"And it didn't?" Stefan wonders.

Liz shakes her head and shows them to one of patient's room. The man is lying dead in the bed, his wrist slit, and the blood has dropped down on the floor. "There are four other victims in this wing, each one almost completely drained of blood. You think it's Silas?"

Klaus starts to examine the body while Damon gives some comment about doctors with bad bedside manners. What interest Klaus about the victim is how there aren't any bite marks, does that mean that Silas doesn't have fangs, but he needs blood?

Behind him, he can hear the other three trying to figure out what Silas needs this much blood for. Stefan is guessing that he is preparing for something big which leads Damon to assume that the big thing is taking down the barrier between the living and dead if he can get a hold of Bonnie again that is.

Their ideas aren't bad, there is logic to them, but Klaus has another, supported by the timetable. "It's too early." He says and gains their attention. "He would most likely need to channel something, the closes event is the full moon and even that is a few days away."

"So, what does he need the blood for?" Liz asks.

He sighs and meets her gaze. "I can think of one thing that he would need all of this power for, and you're not going to like it." He doesn't like the thought of it. "He is going to make sure that Caroline can't get in his way."

However, she expected this to happen, it wasn't like this. Right now, she is extremely happy over the friendship she has built with Rebekah and that she invited her when they were going to study for the finals. If she hadn't been here, Caroline would have been alone in facing Silas while at the same time making sure Bonnie, Matt and Elena wouldn't have been harmed.

Considering that Bonnie is still trying to get back to her old magic and Elena has in her mind only known them for a few days they and still uncertain of the world around her, they wouldn't be of any help.

Like always it looks like Stefan coming towards her, it feels a little weird that she is facing someone with the same face as one of her friends. But the magic around him, the feeling that he gives her definitely tells her that this is Silas.

The look he gives her makes her shiver, he only sees her as a threat to his plan, no idea that she holds one of the things that he needs, and he is here to make sure she can't stop him. Well, she is planning on succeeding in taking him down.

He stops a few steps away. "I must say, you surprised me the last time we meet." Slowly he starts to move closer. "But I won't underestimate you again." He reaches out to grab her.

Before he can do so Rebekah uses her superior speed to move Caroline out of the way. At the same time, the two blonds try to keep an eye on their friends who are moving away from the fight.

Caroline locks her gaze with Bonnie that is hesitant if she should stay or go with Matt and Elena. "Go with them, you're their best protection." And she would like as little of a distraction as possible.

Steeling herself for what's to come she looks to Rebekah. This is happening, whether they are ready for it or not. She knows that it will take a lot of energy to use the cure on Silas, especially since he is going to fight her trying to take her life.

Most likely it's going to leave her unconscious unable to finish the fight. In the end, it will be up to Rebekah to make sure that Silas can't hurt them ever again. They have one chance, success or failure, they are in this together.

Disappearing from her side, Rebekah has to find a place where she can see what happens but not let Silas read her mind, Caroline is left alone for now.

She takes a deep breath and lifts her hands towards him. She needs him to move closer, she needs to touch him if she is to cure him, but she knows that at the moment they face each other he will also have every chance to take her out.

He might not be able to kill her, but he can make sure she falls unconscious, hide her away from everyone else. After that, all he has to do is enter the others mind and they might never find where she has disappeared to.

When he starts to move towards her, she closes her eyes and tries to tune everything else out, focusing only on the task at hand. When he grabs her wrist, as a basic reaction she tries to pull free.

"Not as strong without your partner." He says in a laughing manner.

If he could have read her thoughts, he would have known how wrong he is, because in the next second, she grips his arms and when her eyes open, he is the one that is trying to pull free. They shine a brighter silver then they ever had, and a silent scream, like the one she had when she brought Kol back to life, leaves her mouth.

They're hoping that the group of friends are still safe at the boarding-house, with any luck Silas hasn't gotten to them yet. Sometimes he's surprised over the fact that Caroline and her friends have survived all that has happened to them because they haven't learned how to lay low and change their normal patterns.

The brothers are ahead of him in Damon's car and Liz is riding with him, he can feel the tension and fear radiating off her and his own isn't making the situation better. He knows that Silas shouldn't be able to kill her, but at the same time, no one is supposed to be completely immortal, what he does know is that he can't lose her or his son, that isn't allowed to happen.

All of a sudden, he can feel a power surging within him, he grips the steering wheel harder, he can hear how it starts to crack. It feels like he is losing control, like the world around him is spinning.

Somehow, he has managed to stop the car and get out, he is leaning against the door when he notices that Liz is beside him. "What's wrong?" she asks.

Shaking his head, he leans against her. "I think its Caroline." She must be using all of her strength if he is feeling like this because he doesn't even want to entertain the other possibility.

Liz gets him to the passenger seat before she takes over and drives them. The whole way he has his eyes closed and tries to only focus on the fact that she has to be safe, there is no other possibility.

When it starts to calm, and he feels like he has some sort of control, he can feel her presence at the boarding-house. That should mean that it's over, he just hopes in the right way.

As soon as they arrive, he hurries out of the car. Everything seems calm and normal and hadn't he felt her powers being used to the extreme, then he would have thought that they would have made it here before Silas.

Once inside the whole gang is gathered in the parlour around Caroline that is lying unconscious in one of the couches. "What happened?" Liz asks the room as she hurries to her daughters' side.

Klaus is staying a bit behind, for now, just taking in that she is alive, everything is fine, he doesn't have to worry anymore. It's like the whole world just lifted from his shoulders.

In the meantime, Rebekah is answering Liz question, while emptying Damon's supply of bourbon. "She cured Silas and I ripped his heart out." She points to lump that's laying in the corner. "Didn't know what to do with him."

"So, she is safe?" Liz asks them.

"She's safe." Klaus answers and moves to take his place beside Caroline. "It's over, there is nothing to worry about." He really hopes it stays that way.

Just one chapter left to wrap this up.
I have a sequel planned that is partly written, just having a bit of a writer's block at the moment, so if there is anything you guys would like to happen or something you definitely don't want to happen, let me know hopefully it can give me some inspiration in how to continue.

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