Surprise! lucky for me (and you) long plane rides are extremely productive. Enjoy this new chapter.
A stunned Caroline let Elijah lead her to another room. As she came out of her stupor, she noticed that it was a bedroom. Then, she noticed the half-finished painting by the window. Caroline turned to Elijah and said, "This is his room, isn't it?" Elijah nodded apprehensively, as if she would refuse the room. She heaved a sigh and walked slowly over to the bed. Noticing the outfit, she turned to Elijah with a questioning look.
Elijah shrugged sheepishly and replied, "Living with a sister for a millennium has its perks. The dress should fit. Plus, judging from the dress that my brother gave to you for that horrendous ball of my mother's…he likes the way you look in blue. It brings out your eyes."
Caroline blushed slightly at the compliment and replied, "Is there anywhere I could shower? I feel all plane-y. You can tell me the rest of the plan after."
Elijah nodded and replied, "Through the door on your left. I made sure to stock it with things for girls. I didn't think you would want to smell like Klaus." Caroline smiled and went to the bathroom with the dress in hand. After she had closed the door and turned the water on, Elijah muttered, "Plane-y…" to himself and rolled his eyes before leaving the room.
20 minutes later…
Caroline came downstairs in her new outfit with her hair up in a bun so it wouldn't drip on the dress. She found Elijah in a room off to the side that apparently served as a kitchen. She raised an eyebrow inquisitively and Elijah explained, "We keep blood bags in here. Plus, Hayley needs food and milk for the baby." Caroline nodded and replied, "Right, the baby…can I?" She motioned to the fridge.
Elijah nodded and said, "Of course." He waited for Caroline to sit down and open the bag before he spoke again, "So, the plan. While you were freshening up, Marcel remembered where the witch worked before Rebekah killed her. It is now an abandoned asylum. We think that's where she's holding Rebekah and Klaus. If we don't hurry, Klaus will have heard the whole story and might get to Rebekah before we get to him. So basically, we're all going to go there except Hayley. You and I will find Klaus as quickly as possible while Marcel hangs back. You will distract Klaus and Marcel will get Rebekah out of there.
Caroline nodded and asked, "So, how am I supposed to distract him? And if you say with my looks I will hurt you – Original vampire or not."
Elijah laughed and looked at her with respect, "I like you. You're strong."
Caroline rolled her eyes and said, "You're brother said the same thing."
Elijah smiled, "As for how you are supposed to distract him, it will be with your looks." As Caroline glared at him he continued, "But more than that just talk to him. Given how he feels about you, he won't ignore you. Nor will he try to kill you. Ask him what's wrong. It's not in his nature to ignore a question. He will start ranting and hopefully that will give us enough time to rescue Rebekah. I'm hoping you might also be able to dissuade him from killing her? Of course that part's up to you. He doesn't listen to me but he might listen to you."
Caroline sat silently for a few minutes while she absorbed all the information. "Okay, " she finally said, "Give me five minutes and we can go." With that she ran upstairs and Elijah called Marcel down. Caroline returned to them five minutes later and Elijah noted that she had pulled her hair into the same kind of style it had been in when she went to the ball. After the three shared tense smiles, the walked out the door and headed to the asylum.
Please let me know what you think! And I promise there will be some Klaroline action in the next chapter...