AN: Chapter 2 is up! Hope you guys enjoy this! Anyways as always i do not own the characters or TVD. I wish then I would fire a certain writer with the initials JP but you know that's my opinion. Either or, enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 2: Discoveries
"Elena." Caroline whispers, pulling Elena's hair behind her ear. Elena has been in shell shock and refuses to move, eat or drink in the past two days. Caroline desperately wants a first aid kit or something because Elena's gashes needed medical attention. They were kept in a dingy room with nothing in it except a bucket and three times a day they are given food and water.
"Elena, are you okay?" Caroline regularly checks for a pulse because Elena barely moves and she worries that may be Elena has fallen into her death. The pulse is there this time, so Caroline starts singing. She sings a song that she used to sing to Elena all the time when Elena fell ill. Caroline's voice isn't the same anymore, it used to be much sweeter but now her voice is soft, gentle and slightly hoarse. But she continues to sing and sing for Elena every day since they have been stuck in this hellhole.
"Kol, what on earth are you doing?" Kol shushes Klaus and he gives Kol a skeptical look.
"The girl, she's singing again." Kol says leaning against the wall next to the door.
"What do you mean again?" Klaus asks.
"She sings to the Gilbert girl at least twice to four times a day. It's a rather delightful sound." Kol says.
"You're absolutely insane Kol."
"No Klaus just listen okay." Kol pulls Klaus to the door and makes him stand there and listen.
Kol is right, for once. The girl had a delightful voice. It is rather, angelic really. Listening to her voice, Klaus feels calm and at ease, a feeling he has yet to experience in a very long time. The way she sings, makes Klaus remember her face, her fair skin, those ocean colored eyes and her golden waves and he can almost see her smile through her voice… oh, heaven forbid if he is ever graced with a smile from her. The singing stops and his trance ended.
"Beautiful isn't it?" Kol asks.
"Any girl could sing like that." Klaus says and it is an obvious lie to him and his brother.
"You know I bring her food every day. She's not like any other girl." Kol says.
"And why's that Kol?"
"She says thank you to me every time I give her food and she…smiles and it's not malicious nor is it happy but it's a smile." Klaus watches as his little brother's face changes demeanors as a shadow of a smile forms on his face. Dare Klaus say he is rather jealous that Kol has seen her smile but he has not?
"Are you falling for the prisoner?" Klaus asks and Kol's demeanor changes and reverts to his normal self.
"No. I pity her." Kol states.
"Hello?" They hear her say. Her voice so small and hoarse, "I can hear you guys out there. I need help, please." She pleas.
Klaus opens up the door and Caroline flinches away from the light that was deprived from her for days. She squints her eyes and looks up, she notices how tall this man stands, with his back straight, jaw locked and raised a little in the air. It infuriates her how he walks around like he owns everything…but the unfortunate tragedy is that he does. He looks at her and without speaking she can already know that he is asking her what she wants. Kol peers over Klaus' shoulders watching the blonde girl hovering over the Gilbert girl.
"She needs medical attention. I believe the gashes on her wrists from those brutish rope work has been infected. It is making her ill." Caroline explains. Klaus is almost vomiting himself at the disgusting stench of vomit around the girls.
"It does smell rather funny in here." Kol comments before putting a handkerchief to his nose and Klaus sighs.
"Fine, get up girl." He demands and he just hears her scoff.
"She can't walk and I don't even know if I remember how to." Caroline comments.
Klaus picks Elena up off of Caroline and gestures to Kol who then picks Caroline up by the arm. She lets out a small yelp when Kol pulls her up and it's that moment he notices how adorable her facial expression could be. He places a hand on the small of her back before leading her out as they follow Klaus. The two are led to a small room on the deck. There is a table in the middle, a dark chocolate couch and a small bed in the corner. It is a small room but definitely an upgrade from the closet the girls were kept in. Klaus places Elena's body on the desk and it is then he notices that she is sweating excessively and her body temperature is abnormally high.
"The next port isn't till two days from now. We'll get a doctor to check on her then." Klaus states.
"Oh, so now you want to keep her alive?" Caroline quips.
"She has information I need and you will do well to not test me girl." Klaus says, closing their distance and she can feel his eerie glare bore into her. She just stares backs with defiance, but Klaus could see the fear in her eyes, in her shaking hands she tries to cover by crossing her arms. Klaus then notices how thin the girls' nightgowns are and he can see the outline of her breasts and immediately looks away.
"Get these girls something else to wear. They absolutely smell." Klaus states and Caroline's mouth drops at the comment.
"And whose fault is that? I'm sure if you were kept in a damn closet for days you would smell horrid." Caroline claims.
"Do you want to be back in that closet?" Klaus isn't asking her and she knows it. She opens her mouth to retaliate but closes it again. "Because if you don't you better bite that tongue of yours." When he turns his back at her, she childishly sticks her tongue out at him and Kol chuckles at this action, which causes Klaus to turn around. Caroline quickly starts to play with her and look around at her surroundings.
"Get her other clothes." Klaus says.
"While you are doing that, mind getting me a bucket of cold water, alcohol and two cloths?" Caroline pipes up.
"Do I look like a damn servant to you?" Kol asks throwing his hands up, gesturing up and down his body.
"Please?" Caroline pleads and those damn big blue eyes just make his insides melt. Then she goes around and pouts at Kol and damn it, there is only so much a man can take.
"I'll entertain you for just this once but I except a repayment and I always collect my dues." Kol states wearing a mischievous smile that made Caroline regret asking him.
"Pathetic." Klaus breathes out.
Caroline dips the cloth into the ice-cold water basin and folds it before placing it on top of Elena's burning forehead. She picks up Elena's dainty hands and examines the gashes. They are cauterizing and forming puss and her skin around the wound is colored. Caroline takes the other cloth and wipes down the wound before pouring alcohol onto the cloth and dabbing it on Elena's wrist. Elena hisses at the pain and her whole body flinches but Caroline holds onto her wrist tighter.
Caroline finishes up on Elena's wrists and tears up her nightgown to use as a bandage to wrap around Elena's wrists. She puts Elena's arms around her shoulders and hauls the girl up before making her way to put Elena in the bed. Caroline pulls the cover up as she notices Elena starts to shiver. She places the cloth on Elena's forehead again and starts stroking her hair and Caroline hums lowly.
"I do enjoy seeing the sight of a beautiful maiden in my clothes." Kol comments. Caroline looks down at her attire – the thick clothed V-neck white shirt that goes down half way to her thighs, the black pants and small boots. She is nowhere near the epitome of beauty, so she thought.
"Must you be here?" Caroline asks.
"My brother requested me to watch over you love. In case you escape or what not." Kol states.
"In the middle of the sea? I can't even swim." Caroline adds and Kol looks at her incredulously.
"How were you deprived of such a necessary life skill?" Kol asks, staring at her like she is a freak.
"The opportunity never arose for me to learn how to swim. I could speak French and German, horseback, sew and heal people. But swimming? No. That and painting I cannot do to save my life. Literally." Caroline explains.
"Well, remind me to teach you sometimes, I should get a repayment out of it as well." Kol states.
"Listen here, I will thank you for giving me the things needed to help Elena, but if you expect me to give myself to you –"
"Love, love, I am not asking you to have sex with me. That I am sure one day you'll come to my room willingly." Kol interrupts, staring her up and down, definitely enjoying the sight of her in his clothes.
"Then what do you want?" Caroline asks, genuinely confused and Kol just stares at her with an inquisitive look.
"Sing for me." Kol says and Caroline is taken back by his reply.
"You want me to sing? For you?" Caroline asks.
"Of course, you're voice is absolutely magnificent. Now come here, sit down next to me and let me hear you sing." Kol says patting the space next to him on the couch. Caroline slowly made her way to Kol and tentatively sits down next to him.
"What do you want me to sing?" Caroline asks.
"Surprise me love." He grabs a strand of her hair and starts playing with it. Her whole stature is stiff and formal and he just wants her to relax. She takes a deep breath before belting out the first note.
Caroline's harmonious voice just makes Kol smile endlessly. He could almost just listen to her voice for eternity. He loves how her lips curl up when she sings and how relaxed her body is. He is enchanted by her voice and when she sings, she doesn't mind it that his hands are still twirling around in her blonde curls. Caroline opens her eyes and she looks at Kol while she sings. His heart stops for that moment, the moment she smiles at him. Kol feels blessed because by God, that smile belongs to an Angel.
Klaus watches the scene through the window when he was doing rounds. The window was slightly opened and her voice stopped him at his tracks. The sigh of his little brothers hand freely playing around in her curls and the fact she is singing to him, made Klaus jealous and it sickened him. He storms to the other side and opens the door up which causes Caroline to stop singing and jump up. Kol's hand left her hair and he groans in frustration, he was enjoying his time before his brother showed up.
"Kol, you have duties that are incomplete on this ship. Must I remind you what I would do to you if you slack off? You may be my brother but I will not hesitate to drive a sword through you." Klaus demands.
"Alright brother, no need to fuss over these simple errands you always make me do." Kol says before leaving the room.
"You don't have to always prove you are alpha male you know that?" Caroline states.
"I don't need to prove anything love, I am alpha male." Klaus says confidently and Caroline scoffs at his statement.
"Who are you?" Klaus asks pulling up a chair to sit across her.
"What?"
"Who are you? We picked you up with the Gilbert girl and yet none of us seem to know who you are." Klaus says.
"But I know who you are. Klaus Mikaelson. The pirate lord that rules over the seven seas. The blood thirsty monster."
"I'm not asking for an introduction on myself. I clearly know who I am very well. Don't make me ask again, who are you?" Klaus says in a low demanding voice.
"My name is Caroline Salvatore-Forbes."
Klaus looks at her with wide eyes before getting up and leaving the room. Caroline sits on the couch with absolute confusion as she watches him storm out. Klaus runs towards the main cabin where his siblings are at the moment. There he finds Elijah leering over a map with Finn, Kol playing the globe and Rebekah reading a book. Klaus' abrupt entrance catches all of their attentions and a wide Cheshire grin plays on his face.
"What is Klaus?" Rebekah asks.
"The girl, the one with the Gilbert girl. Her name is Caroline Salvatore-Forbes."