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(5)
(Klaus POV)
I still cannot understand how Kol got locked up by those humans. Why was even Kol doing in Mystic Falls anyway? Whatever the reason, he being held up by mere humans cannot be possible. Unless... Has mother and her spirits already made another move against me? Against us?
Well then whatever it is and if that's the case I'll show her how indestructible I am. She can never destroy me. And now that the Bennet witch has chosen my side, let's see how far mother's spirits can work against me.
The night was long. Finally, Klaus returned to his own body. Bonnie and his witch successfully performed the blood magic. Elijah left after he and Klaus had talked and made arrangements. Bonnie stayed for a while to look out for the weak Tyler. Once Tyler was fully awake, she gave him instructions and went to Caroline before she leaves for Mystic falls together with Klaus' witch.
Klaus looks at his self in the mirror. He can once again feel the powerful blood flowing in the veins of his Original hybrid body. Once he shows those humans how great his power is, he can leave the town and enjoy his freedom with his family, invincible and surrounded by his powerful army.
Caroline stirred from the couch as she wakes up early in the morning. She wondered how she had slept that much when she'd been worrying all night. She had dreamt something that she can't fully remember. All she's able to recall from that dream is the face of Bonnie looking at her and saying something. She starts to worry again about what had happened last night.
She immediately stood up and went back to her room to check her phone. Just as she starts to climb the stairs, she noticed the light coming from her room. Is Klaus in there?
"Klaus?" Caroline called.
The house remained silent. She continued going upstairs until she's already at the slightly opened door of her bedroom. She opened it wider and went inside. What she found had shocked her.
There are two dead people lying on the floor, gray and drained from blood. Caroline's eyes widened as she saw another corpse being dropped on the floor by none other than the only creature she's living with in this house.
Caroline saw the blood flowing from his mouth as he wiped it while looking at her.
"Caroline" he states, seeing her.
Caroline's face went angry and she looked at him with hate, then concern for herself.
"What's happening here?" She asked, trying to be tough while the morbid sight is on the floor greeting her good morning.
"Caroline, I can explain. I... I needed to do this Caroline." He said, his vampire face is now more human-like. His eyes had never left hers since he saw her, trying to cautiously watch her face turn to shock then anger then confusion.
Tyler walked towards her.
"Whatever you're planning Klaus I'm not going to let you do it." Caroline regained her strength and had become watchful of each of "Klaus's" actions, especially when he started walking towards her.
Tyler stopped just one step from her. He looked into her eyes and smiled a little. "Caroline, it's me Tyler. I'm Tyler." He finally said it.
Caroline scoffs at him at first. But then her eyebrows met in confusion as she scans Tyler's face. She fixed her eyes on his and then realized he's telling the truth.
"Tyler" She whispered. Her eyes opened wide and brightened. "Tyler!" She placed her arms around him and pulled him into a hug.
"Caroline, I'm glad you're safe" Tyler embraced her back and told her. He then broke the hug and looked at her. "I'm sorry I have to do this, I was so weak after I got my body and I just had to feed."
Caroline felt very happy she forgot about the corpses. She stood straight and looked at the dead bodies before she looked at Tyler again. Caroline missed him so much but she just had to ask something.
"Where's Klaus?" She asked Tyler.
Tyler was just opening his mouth when something sounded behind Caroline. There leaning by the door was Klaus in all his glory, back to his own Original hybrid body.
"Looking for me love?" Klaus had his arms folded, his face smiling sweetly at Caroline.
Caroline turned around to see Klaus' happy face. So this is what happened while she's asleep. Can anything ever slow down? Everything's just happening so fast. She just sighed heavily as she looks at Klaus.
"Good morning to you Caroline." Klaus tells Caroline as he walks inside, towards the two of them. "I am so sorry you have to lay your eyes on this unpleasant sight in your room first thing in the morning. Our friend, you know Thalia, placed Tyler here after he dropped unconscious last night when I left his body. But he had to attend to his needs... I'm hoping you can forgive him for that." Klaus tried to explain for Tyler.
Caroline, although having so many questions to ask, just stood in confused silence as she waits for more explanations. Her arms now folded in front of her chest.
Klaus then turned to Tyler. "Tyler my friend, I believe you have some important matters to attend to immediately?" He asked him with the corner of his lip slightly upturned.
Caroline looked at Tyler who looked down at his foot before turning to Caroline. "Caroline, I still haven't regained my strength. I still can't feel anything. I have to feed more. And I have to go to deal with something. But I'll be back."
"But where are you going?" Caroline asked him. He's going again? But he just came back. And what's he going to do?
"I won't be anywhere Mystic Falls but I have to go and meet a few people who can help us." Tyler explained. "I'll be with a couple of Klaus' hybrids, and I'll be safe. Don't worry." He smiled.
Caroline can see Tyler's eyes being sad yet determined and noticing the urgency in his voice, she embraced Tyler again. "Please be safe Tyler" She whispered, still being confused.
Klaus had to turn his eyes away to allow them a little privacy. Moreover he doesn't like what's happening at that moment anyway. He just smirked at how he noticed Caroline's face turns soft at Tyler's face but rigid at the sight of his.
Klaus, his hands on his back, walked towards the door away from them. He then turned his face slightly back at them.
"Caroline, you might want to know what happened last night. I'll be in the next room if you wish to find out about it. I'm more than happy to fill you in with the news." He said then smiled slightly before leaving the room.
"I have to go Care, I just needed to have some strength. I will be back after a while." Tyler kissed Caroline before he left without another word.
One of Klaus's hybrids then came in the room and started to carry the dead bodies out. She checked her phone to find out there wasn't any message or any missed call.
Klaus was sitting down on a small stool in his room, his head down, and his hands focused on working with a hammer, pounding a nail into some piece of wood. His teeth are busy 'holding' another nail. Caroline just walked into his room when he took that nail in between his teeth and start hammering it into that same wooden piece. He looked up at Caroline without moving his head up.
"Just so you know, Tyler isn't sired even if he's weak after waking up last night. He needs to go and talk to a few of his kind."
Caroline remained standing as she watches Klaus. "I know he's telling the truth. And I know he wasn't sired to you anymore" She simply stated.
Klaus looked at her as he stood up. He walked towards a wooden cabinet, kneeled down and placed the piece of wood at the bottom part of the cabinet. He straightened up, facing Caroline.
"What happened last night?" Caroline asked.
"Your mother's safe. She's with the mayor and your friend's mother as well. They're still in town but they're safe." Klaus told Caroline. He saw relief from Caroline's eyes after he told her that.
Silence followed. Caroline found herself looking out the windows and trying to think of what will happen to them all next. Bonnie had already switched Klaus and Tyler. Mystic Falls still isn't safe. She and Tyler can stay here while they try and help Stefan, Damon and the others with their plan back in town silently.
And now that Klaus is in his own body, he will now finally leave them. He'll be gone forever from their lives. She sighed, trying to ignore that pinch of sadness that had crept inside her chest for a reason she doesn't know and would never want to know.
"So, when are you planning to leave?" Caroline broke the silence. When she turned her head to Klaus, she found him staring at her while leaning on that cabinet. She looked down immediately after she met his stare.
Klaus chuckled. "I am very sorry to disappoint you sweetheart but as much as I want to, I'm not going to leave yet."
Caroline turned her head up and frowned in confusion. "What do you mean you're not going yet?" She asked.
"Well, it seems that the combined efforts of your friends are no match against the humans."
"What? What are you talking about? Did something bad happen?" Caroline stared to get really worried again.
"They had Stefan and Elena locked up in some cell. They asked me to help them and so I agreed seeing I had no other choice. If I hadn't agreed your friend wouldn't have returned me back into my body. And I wouldn't have to keep the stake"
Caroline swallowed it all in. "Is the council really that powerful?" She asked with genuine concern from her eyes.
Klaus' face grew gentler. "Well, with the fact that they've also got Kol then I would say yes." He paused as he looks at her, watching her reaction. "They may be… strong."
Caroline inhaled deeply then exhales with so much worry. Klaus watches her with guarded eyes. "But let go of your worry my love I'm positive they can't be any stronger than me and my hybrids." He smiled politely.
Caroline looked at him as she realizes Klaus is trying to make her relax, she looked down.
After seconds of silence, Caroline asked Klaus. "Why are you doing this? You can just go and leave us. You're so... free. It's not like I can really stop you when you go. And the stake's not really a threat to you now that we can't really kill you after all."
Klaus snickered. "You really think of me as that bad, don't you? Well sweetheart, just like what I've already told you, my brother is unfortunately in the same condition Stefan and Elena are in. And I will have to go there, and give him a lesson on how to properly deal with... humans." Klaus wanted to say 'weaklings' instead of 'humans' but he's afraid he might make Caroline flinch at his words since he's well aware of how much Caroline is still clinging to her humanity.
Caroline just looks at him and sighed silently. "I'm sorry about Kol."
Klaus raised his eyebrows. He gazed at her eyes before he let out a gentle smile. She really doesn't need to say sorry for that.
"Now, how about some breakfast first before we start our little project in the music room?" Klaus offered her charmingly, again with his eyes sparkling, eyebrows raised and smile wide enough to show the dimples. "I'll also tell you the plan as we go on with our duties for today."
Caroline eyed him and said "Alright." And she smiled to him.
(Caroline POV)
As I look at him, I can't fail to notice how easy he can fool anyone with that angelic face of his when he smiles. He may be evil, a mass murderer, but his smiling face easily shows anyone he's otherwise.
But then I realize he's not really some creature who's not capable of feelings. He may have locked his siblings but that's because he cares for them and he just wanted them to be together in the future, free and not running away from anything. He's even going to save his brother.
I paused. Am I justifying his character? I sighed but then, we're practically on the same side now. And after how kind, gentle and nice Klaus had been to me the whole time we're together, I didn't find it very difficult to flash him a sincere smile. Moreover, it's the start of Klaus' final days. He'll leave soon and I'm thinking maybe it is okay to be kinder and nicer to him.
Klaus and Caroline walked downstairs together. Klaus told Caroline over breakfast he still has to wait for Tyler to get back before they can go on with the plan. Klaus also told her that Tyler has to meet a pack of werewolves he's already acquainted with, to get help from. It seemed Bonnie and Damon's plan is to once and for all defeat the vampire hunting army led by the new sheriff, who calls himself a vampire slayer. According to Klaus, Bonnie thinks there's something in this sheriff that makes him a strong and sort of superhuman, aside from the fact that he has his own army of superhuman vampire slayers scattering all over the town. Bonnie is on her way on discovering what makes them all this powerful and inhuman-like yet still human.
"I'll take this." Caroline told Klaus, referring to the plates as they finish breakfast. "You can go upstairs in the music room as I wash these. I'll just meet you there." She smiled to him.
Klaus noticed how Caroline is being very nice to him over breakfast. He grinned. "In a good mood, aren't we?" He made his comment.
"Well, I know everything will be fine and over soon." She started to work on the dishes while she looks at Klaus from the corner of her eyes. She watched Klaus as he walked over to her and leaned on the counter beside her. She continued to talk, "You know, I just don't understand why they planned to keep me here not doing anything besides all these insignificant housework when I can do other useful things. I'm not really that weak you know. I actually fought Damon and took him down" She smiled and faced Klaus. "Not once" She chuckled.
Klaus's eyes sparkled as he feels Caroline's bright mood. He continued to smile. "Of course you can take him down, you are strong. I have no doubt about that." He said, eyeing her.
Caroline remembered the first time Klaus told her she's strong. She went silent. She looked down and continued on the washing the plates. Klaus turned around and took a towel. "Why don't let me help you with this. It's always fun when we work together." He smiled.
He was standing so close to her. "So, where are you planning to go when all this is over?" She asked him, ignoring the nice feeling of closeness she's starting to fear yet enjoy.
"Oh we'll go to many places. Rebekah and I have travelled so much but we were running around. We got to see and appreciate really beautiful destinations, music, and culture, but we didn't get to fully enjoy all those. But this time we surely will. Now that Kol's here, maybe I just have to put up with Rebekah and him fighting all the time." Klaus said as he wiped the plates dry. He laughed quietly at the thought of his two siblings.
Caroline was amused at how Klaus talked about his siblings like a normal human being.
"It must be fun talking about your brothers and sisters huh. I've never had any." She commented.
Klaus looked at her. "When we were human, we played games with each other a lot. Rebekah and Kol weren't really bad tempered before but when there's only the two of them fighting, they've always been like a cat and dog. I often side with Rebekah since she's always been a darling to me. Elijah was always the one who makes them reconcile with each other after they fight. I just laugh at them afterwards." He grinned. His voice got soft as he continued to talk. "Finn was a quiet person. He preferred to sit around, write poems or wait for and follow mother's orders. Henrik… he was the closest to me." Klaus stopped and turned his attention to wiping the last plate.
Caroline felt Klaus's soft tone when he spoke of Henrik. She reached for a dry towel to wipe her hands clean and dry. "You shouldn't blame yourself for what happened to your brother. You didn't intend it to happen." She said softly.
Klaus looked at her. "I did blame myself for that before, but I'm over that already. A thousand years is a long time. And I can't really dwell on that emotion when father was incessantly hunting us down." He smiled sincerely.
She smiled back politely and handed Klaus the hand towel. She realized she's starting to feel with Klaus and decided it would be better if they talk about something else, for now maybe.
"So, we're finished!" She suddenly got hyped up. "Let's get started with the music room. Are the materials ready?" Caroline brightened up and let out her let's-get-back-to-work attitude.
Klaus breathed out a small amused laugh "Yes they are ma'am."
"Then let's go!" Caroline started to walk backwards and smiled amiably at Klaus before turning to head up the stairs.
Klaus followed her with his eyes, twinkling with delight, amusement, and desire. He then started to walk after her, thinking of how he can make her realize that there can be no other future plan suitable for her than a future with him.
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