Chapter 10
The car ride to school was long and quiet but it was nice quiet, and not awkward quiet. He pretty mushed just looked out the window the entire time and I just focused on the road. When we stopped at a stop light, he finally spoke.
"What exactly are we going to do at school?" He rolled his eyes as he asked.
I smiled and said," Well, I am going to decorate for the dance but I have no idea what you are going to do."
He turned his head and looked at me. "I could just watch you." He said. He raised his hand and placed it on my leg. With my right hand, I pushed it off.
"Don't do that, not when I am driving" I said as I placed my hand on the wheel again. He smiled like he had something planned for me but then he just waved it off and looked out the window again. You would think that a thousand or billion year old hybrid would have more to say. The light turned green and I drove forward. I switched on the turn signal and was about to turn when something hard smashed into my car and sent it flying. I felt Klaus's arm land on my chest so that I don't slam into the wheel. I feel the car flip until it lands on its side. I look to see who it was when it slams into the car again and the car flips over until it is right side up again. My vision is blurry and I can't really hear that well now. I can hear someone calling my name. I try to focus and its Klaus's voice.
"Caroline, are you okay?" I hear him say as I also hear the passenger door pop open. "Caroline, can you hear me?" I feel myself nod. My vision is more focused now and I can see Klaus's face.
"What the hell happened?" I asked him. I saw him get out of the car and lean in to rip my belt buckle off.
"I don't know. But I would like to find out." My buckle was off and I climbed out of my seat and out his side of the car. I feel really un-steady as I stand and I start to sway.
I feel an arm around my waist to keep me from falling. "Easy, love. Don't fall." Klaus says as I look at him.
I look around to see where we are and I see someone at the end of the street. He is far away and I blink to focus even more. I see not just one guy, it is a two of them. And they are just standing there, looking straight at us. "Klaus, who are they?"
He looks up and answers, "I don't know. Caroline, can you stand?"
"I think I can." I say as I stand up straight. I hear footsteps behind us and quickly turn around. There are two other guys walking towards us. I feel a rough hand on my arm as I am swung around to meet a face. It is someone that I have never seen.
"Don't worry, we will save you." He whispered to me. I know that voice. I realized it from somewhere. It was the voice that called me before. "This one must be compelled. So she won't remember anything." He yelled to his friends.
"Wait, who the hell are you?" I yelled at him as I struggled to get away. I looked to Klaus who was being held back by like twenty people. Where the hell did they come from? Klaus was really struggling to get to free. He looked straight at the man that was still holding on to my arm. I started to feel him crushing my arm.
"Marcel, whatever you have to do with me, leave her out of it." I heard Klaus speaks to the man.
The man smiled. "Well, 'Becah was right. She is a cutie." His right hand found my cheek and it slid down slowly. "My name is Marcel and you must be Caroline." I still struggled under his grip but he wasn't letting go any time soon.
"What is it that you want, Marcel?" I say in my calmest voice but on the inside I was scared.
"What I want… hmm, what do I want?" he said as he walked us towards Klaus who was watching every move that Marcel made with me in his hand. "Oh yeah, I want Klaus Michelson to pay for what he has done."
"And what exactly has he done?" I ask as I look at Klaus.
"He has done enough to piss me off." Marcel looks down at Klaus and then to me. "You have her compelled to listen to you, right?" he was asking Klaus as he stared at me.
"Yes." Klaus lied. His blue eyes were pouring into mine. Like they were saying 'just go with it and I will get you out of this. I promise.'
"Tell her to do everything I say. When I say it." Marcel said as a wicked smile appeared on his face.
"And why would I do that?" Klaus stated as he starts to stand up straight.
"Because if you don't this…" Marcel picks up a metal part from my broken car. "Will continue to go in her until she dies of loss of blood." He smiles that wicked smile again.
"I could just heal her." Klaus says as he looked at me.
"How will you if you can't get to her." Marcel says as he starts to slide the metal into me. The pain was all over my body. I felt my blood start to leave my body. I felt really weak and very light headed. I see Klaus's eyes go wide as he struggles hard to get free to help me. "If she is already dying." Marcel said and his grip on my arm starts to loosen.
"Caroline, do whatever Marcel says." Klaus said as his eyes looked defeated.
"I knew it. Boys, didn't I tell you?" Marcel said as he pulled the metal part out of me. I fell to the ground while holding my stomach. "I told you. He will do anything to save this one girl." He looked at Klaus. "Is it because you love her? "Marcel laughs. "How can you love someone that you had to compel into actually even taleranting you?" Marcel laughs louder.