Thanks for reading, I'm still sick and dying. No beta still. See you at the bottom!
Klaus was still working on his painting while Caroline was trying to make breakfast. She gave up and poured herself a bowl of cereal and some milk. She dug her spoon in and took a bite. She turned back and saw Klaus still painting. She could see the muscles in his back moving and the tattoos he had. Klaus felt her sudden lust and looked up at her. She looked away and went into her fridge to look for something else. She slammed the door in frustration and looked at him.
"What did you do to me?" Caroline asked
"Could you be more vague love?" Klaus replied while he continued to paint
"I can't remember what happened at the hospital. I remember some parts and then it's all blank"
"I compelled you"
"You can't"
"Apparently I can"
"No you can't!"
"Sweetheart, I did and that's how I was able to bring you back here. You were hysterical, I compelled 3 nurses to ignore your screaming"
Caroline held her head as she tried to remember. She knocked her cereal bowl to the floor as she fell back against the counter.
"You compelled...after you said you wouldn't help me" Caroline said in disbelief
In a flash Klaus was standing in front of her.
"I never said no, I told you that it wasn't a good idea" Klaus said
"Why?"
"Caroline-"
"Why won't you do this? Why won't you heal him?!"
"Because vampire blood cannot heal cancer, it can't. It will only prolong his suffering, and he will die regardless"
"But you're a hybrid, it can heal him"
"It will most likely make him live longer and suffer"
"You don't know that"
"Are you willing to risk that?"
"For him, anything. I dug up the devil"
"That you did. And you don't regret it do you?"
"Heal him, please?"
"Do you understand what may happen? That he will live longer and suffer? That when he dies he will turn"
"Turn into what?"
"A vampire"
"Not a hybrid?"
"Only werewolves can be hybrids. Your father is human, and he will turn into a vampire, do you understand? He will become a vampire. You are forcing him to trade the sun for the moon and stars forever. He will outlive you. He will have to drink blood, he will kill those around him"
"Do it"
"Very well, you are human, fragile and delicate. I hope the guilt does not consume you then"
"I'm a lot stronger than you think. Now are you going to do this or not?"
Matt was flipping through old books at the college library. He was searching for a lead for Caroline. He had remembered something he had read in his ancient studies class. His eyes lit up when he saw the passage. He placed a bookmark on the page and closed the book. He gathered up his things quickly and turned to leave.
"Oh sorry! I didn't see you there" Matt said when he saw the blonde girl standing in front of him
"Maybe you can help me"
"Um ok sure"
"Have you seen my brother Klaus?" the blonde compelled Matt
Caroline watched nervously as the blood entered her father's iv and slowly traveled through the tube into his vein. Klaus pulled the needle out of his arm and placed it back into the IV bag. Caroline looked at her father hopeful that he would wake up.
"It will work" Caroline said
"Don't hold your breath" Klaus said
"It will work, it has to work" Caroline said holding her father's hand
"And if it doesn't, you've just made your father a vampire"
"Either way he'll be awake"
"You love him that much?"
"Yes, I'd do anything for him"
"Sadly my relationship with my father wasn't the same"
"Which one?"
"Mikael"
"Did you ever meet your real father?"
"No, Mikael killed him, along with the other werewolves there, thus igniting a war between the species forever"
"Over a woman? Seriously?"
"Men do stupid things when their pride, their ego is damaged. Even worse when their love has been betrayed"
Elijah looked down into the pit filled with dead werewolves. He knew that Klaus was free. He wondered where his brother had run off to. He knew he was near the town of Mystic Falls where the Salvatore brothers were currently residing. He decided to pay them a visit. His cell phone began to ring.
"What is it Rebekah?" Elijah answered
"I know where our brother is"
"Which one?"
"The one that was buried for about 500 years or so. Remember him?"
"Well Kol has been running rampant in eastern Europe lately"
"He's in some stupid little college town near Boston"
"What is he doing there?"
"Fulfilling some promise he made to the girl who freed him"
"That sounds unlike him, then again perhaps he learned a few things while he was disposed. Maybe he learned some manners"
"Doubtful. I'm at the human's house but they're not here"
"I'm sure you can locate him, I'm going to pay a visit to the Salvatores"
"Save me some"
"I can't promise you anything sister"
Rebekah looked at Matt who was standing in front of the house in a daze.
"Can you get inside?" Rebekah asked
"Yes" Matt said
"Then let me in"
Matt opened the door with his key and walked into the house. Rebekah went to follow him, but couldn't walk into the house.
"Invite me in" Rebekah commanded
"Come in" Matt said
Rebekah tried to walk in and still couldn't get inside.
"Who owns the house?"
"Caroline"
"Where is she?"
"I don't know"
"Completely useless!" Rebekah turned to leave and realized she couldn't
Rebekah felt an invisible barrier around her. She banged on it and tried to figure out what was holding her there.
"Bloody hell!" Rebekah yelled out
Matt went to the fridge and looked for something to drink. Rebekah looked down at the welcome matt she was standing on and pulled it up and tossed it aside. There was a devil's trap drawn on the floor and she walked right into it.
Matt opened his drink and took a gulp. He looked and saw Rebekah standing infront of the door. He looked down and saw she was standing in the devil's trap. He realized what she was and quickly ran towards the back door. He left quickly and ran to his truck.
Elijah arrived at the Salvatore boarding house. He knocked on the door as he could hear voices inside arguing.
"No! It's my decision! Respect my choices!" Elena said
"Not when your choices suck!" Damon yelled back
"I'm not leaving! I can't leave Jeremy!" Elena said
"You're keeping him safe by leaving. Klaus will hunt you to the ends of the earth! He'll never stop, don't you get it? It never ends" Stefan said
"Then why am I running?" Elena asked
Elijah knocked again, this time more forceful.
"Who the hell is that?" Damon hissed
"I'll get it" Elena said as she walked towards the door
"I don't want any girl scout cookies!" Damon yelled
Elena opened the door and saw Elijah standing there in his suit.
"Hello, I'm looking for the Salvatores" Elijah said
"Damon, Stefan, it's for you!" Elena yelled as she took a step back
Damon and Stefan walked to the door. When they saw who it was, they immediately grabbed Elena and shielded her from him.
"You can't come in" Stefan said
"I don't need to. Klaus will find you soon enough. And what he will do to you is far worse that I could ever imagine. I see Katerina wasn't lying about the doppelganger" Elijah said
"You don't scare us" Damon said
"Oh my intention wasn't to scare you. Merely to give you a head start before Klaus gets here" Elijah said
Stefan and Damon both looked at each other and then at Elena.
"You would do well to hand over the doppelganger, she would only slow you down" Elijah said
"No way, we know what Klaus will do to her" Damon said
"She's not a blood bag" Stefan added
"He's going to get her either way. You escaped us for 5 centuries. You really didn't think that he'd never wake up did you? You're on borrowed time"
Caroline held her father's hand, sitting by his bed, hoping, praying that he would wake up. Klaus walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Caroline, you've been here all day, you should go home, rest. If he wakes up, they'll tell you" Klaus said
"I can't leave him. I won't leave him"
Klaus took his jacket off and placed it over her shoulders. He left the room to find more coffee. Caroline turned back to her father. She placed her head on the bed next to him. She slowly dozed off.
Caroline awoke to the feeling of someone stroking her hair. At first she thought it was Klaus. But there was something familiar about it. She opened her eyes and lifted her head.
"Dad?!" Caroline said as she launched herself at him
"Umph! Care, not so much" her father managed to say
"I'm sorry, you're awake! You're awake!"
"Yes"
"I knew it would work!"
"What would work?"
"I did it, I found him. I dug him up and it worked. He healed you"
"A witch doctor?"
"No, Klaus. I found him"
"He's real?"
"Yes, very real. I found him, I did it all for you"
"Caroline, you just unleashed a 1000 year old vampire back into the world"
"Hybrid actually" Klaus said standing in the doorway, "Don't let me interrupt"
"What did you promise him Care?" her father asked
"What? Nothing. I dug him up, he said he would grant me one thing, and he healed you, that's why you're awake" Caroline said
"Caroline! If this is true, then his blood will turn me into a vampire"
"That's only if you die with the vampire blood in you, and then there's another part to the process" Klaus said
"You're awake, you're alive, you're ok, that's all that matters" Caroline said
"Caroline, it's never that simple with them. They always want something. They don't just give you something for nothing. Nothing is free" her father scolded
"Your daughter just gave you the gift of a second chance at life, and here you are scolding her like a child" Klaus said
"She is a child thinking she can just do whatever she wants with the supernatural for there not to be a consequence"
"I'm right here! I told you I was going to do it, and I did, why can't you just be proud of me?" Caroline asked
"You made a deal with the devil. Don't you remember what you read in his brother's journal? I did not want to live like this"
"What journal?" Klaus demanded
"It doesn't matter, I don't have it anymore" Caroline said
"you're lying" Klaus said as he approached her
"I don't have it anymore. Someone stole it months ago" Caroline answered back lifting her chin up to face him
"What other secrets have you kept from me?" Klaus asked
"Don't let him compel you!" her father yelled
"He can't, it pisses him off to no end that he can't" Caroline said
"Don't be so sure about that."
Damon was drinking while staring at the fire. Stefan poured himself a drink and sat next to him. Elena sat in a chair nearby.
"What is Klaus going to do to me?" Elena asked
"He'll keep you alive, because your blood is the only way he can make more hybrids. He won't hurt you" Stefan said
"You'll be his blood bag, he will drag you around all over the world looking for werewolves to turn into hybrids. And we'll be dead unable to help you" Damon said
"Why does he want you dead? What did yo do to him?" Elena asked
"We believed the lies of the previous doppelganger, who convinced us that this was the only way we could save her, and for us to be together" Damon said
"She tricked us, she was human when we met her. She said she loved us, she played us both. When the sacrifice happened she had vampire blood in her and when she died she became a vampire." Stefan said
"Which pissed Klaus off. He had killed her and thus the only way to make hybrids. Course he wanted to make her pay for it. So she convinced us and a witch to dessicate him"
"What does that mean?" Elena asked
"It means, that we stopped his heart. His blood stopped flowing and it turned into sandpaper in his veins, he couldn't move and became one original beef jerky. We snatched the body and ran off with it hoping it would buy us some time"
"But instead it just enraged the rest of his family and they came after us. Elijah, his brother" Stefan said
"And he wouldn't let us go, we couldn't leave Europe, we had to threaten that we were going to dump his body into the ocean randomly if they didn't let us go" Damon said
"And they did, and we fled to the new world, only to have Katherine abandon us after we buried the body, never to be seen again" Stefan said
"Until recently when she realized someone was trying to dig him up." Damon said
"But how come his family didn't come looking for him here?" Elena asked
"They did, but they couldn't find him. We buried him on the Fell property. There was a house or something there, it created a barrier, an invitation of sorts. No vampire could ever find him there" Stefan said
"So it was a human that found him" Elena said
"A very stupid human. Who's probably very dead now" Damon said
"So what now? Do we wait for him to come and get me?" Elena asked
"No, we're going to find him and end this" Stefan said
"What?" Damon said standing up, "Have you completely lost your mind?"
"No, I'm tired of running. I like it here and we have something that can kill him"
"What? The only thing that can kill him is the wood from one tree that they burned to the ground" Damon said
"Not completely true," Stefan went over to the bookshelf and pulled out a book and opened it, "There was another tree and look what happened to it"
Damon looked at the ledger and then back at his brother.
"The bridge? The entire bridge?" Damon asked
"What's left of it, but we just need one"
"You know you should be thanking me right now" Klaus said
"For what? You didn't even want to be here!" Caroline yelled back
"I gave you what you wanted! Didn't I?!"
"Only because I begged you!"
"Well you were quite hysterical with the crying and the tears"
"Well I am human last time I checked! Unlike you I have someone that I actually care about!"
"Well don't let me get in the way then!"
"You did what I asked you, there's nothing keeping you here. You can go do whatever it is that you want!"
"Fine I will then!"
Bill Forbes sat in his bed watching his daughter argue with a 1000 year old vampire and was surprised they were acting like an old married couple. Klaus went over and picked up his jacket and slide it on. He turned to the door only to see Matt come running in.
"Matt!" Caroline said
"Care! Caroline's dad! You're awake!" Matt said
"Yes I am. Thanks to Care" her father said
"Care, I was doing some research at the library and I met this blonde, and-" Matt started
"Ugh Matt, I don't need to hear all the details" Caroline said
"No, you don't understand. The last thing I remember was being at the library and the next I'm at your house getting a soda out of your fridge and she's stuck at the door" Matt said
"What do you mean stuck at the door?" Caroline asked
"She couldn't come inside. She was standing in the devil's trap you drew under the welcome matt." Matt said
"There's a freaking demon at my house right now!?" Caroline yelled
"I don't know what happened. I don't remember anything" Matt said
"I'll go handle it" Klaus said
"No, you don't have to, you can go do whatever it is you do. You don't owe me anything now. You don't have to stay now" Caroline said
"And let you and your idiot friend get ripped to pieces? I'll take care of it" Klaus said walking out
"It's my house!" Caroline went to follow him but stopped
"it's ok Care, go, tell me what happens. I'll still be here" her father said
"Thanks dad, I'll be back" Caroline said as she rushed over and hugged him and ran out
"See you later Caroline's dad" Matt said as he followed her out
Klaus sat in the truck quiet, and staring out at the road ahead. Caroline noticed he was too quiet. She wasn't sure what was going through his mind as Matt drove. She looked back at him. Klaus was wondering who was at Caroline's house. What vampire dared to look for him. What vampire dared to go after Caroline for digging him up. He knew he would always attract danger, and the longer he stayed there he would be putting Caroline in danger.
"It's rude to stare" Klaus said turning his head to face her
"I wasn't. You were just really quiet. I thought you were a statue again" Caroline said
"I wasn't a statue, I was dessicated. And that will never happen again"
"Oh right, revenge on the two brothers and blah blah blah"
"Yes right after I deal with the vampire at house"
"Who would have thought the devil's trap would have worked"
"Good thing it did, otherwise Matt would be dead now and we wouldn't be having this conversation"
"You don't have to you know. You can just go, you don't have to do anything for me now"
"Do you know how to kill a vampire? How to dispose of it?"
"I have an idea"
"Really enlighten me. Because if you say crucifixes, garlic and holy water you are sadly mistaken"
"What no mirrors and turning into bats?" Caroline mocked
"I'll take care of it" Klaus said sitting back into his seat
"I know" Caroline said quietly
Rebekah sat down and rested her head on her knees. She was trapped in a stupid devil's trap with no way of getting out. She had hoped another human would walk by that she could compel. It didn't help that Matt ran off leaving her there alone. She heard a truck pull up. Her day was getting slightly better. Hopefully there would be humans that she could compel to get her out of this. She stood up and stretched her arms and legs out a bit.
Klaus got out of the car slowly. He stretched out his hands a bit. Caroline just looked at him strangely.
"You're on body disposal" Klaus said
"What? Wait!" Caroline yelled
Klaus flashed away towards her house. He was standing before the blonde who turned around.
"Rebekah?!" Klaus said
"Nik?! It is you!" Rebekah said as she hugged him
Caroline and Matt ran up towards the house and saw the two of them hugging.
` "Hey, sorry to break up this reunion but you're standing in front of my house right now" Caroline yelled
Klaus turned his head back and saw Caroline.
"Caroline, this is my sister, Rebekah" Klaus said
"Charmed I'm sure, Nik we have to leave" Rebekah said
"What's happened?"
"What's happened is my big brother finally somehow got free and doesn't bother to see how his baby sister is doing!"
"You had me worried for a second"
"Elijah's looking for you too"
"Is he?"
"He went to see the Salvatores first, you know to shake them up a bit, give them a head start"
"Did he?"
"Yes, but we do have to leave. It won't take long before Mikael discovers you're back"
"He must have been so bored for the past 5 centuries without me"
"Dreadfully boring without you brother"
"Hey! Still my house remember!" Caroline yelled
"Is she yours?" Rebekah asked
"I'm right here! I can hear you!" Caroline yelled back as she stomped up the stairs
"She's the one that freed me" Klaus said
"Really? this human freed you?" Rebekah said looking her up and down
"Yes she did. I owed her a boon for it"
"A boon? No one speaks like that anymore. Get with the times brother!" Rebekah said
"Rebekah mind your manners"
"I'm a bit trapped right now. A little help?" Rebekah said
Klaus looked down at the devil's trap Rebekah stood in. He stepped out of it easily. In fact he had no problems walking in the house when Caroline invited him in.
"Why doesn't it work on you?" Rebekah asked
"Must be because I'm a hybrid" Klaus said
"Great, just great. Get me out of this thing!" Rebekah said
Klaus looked over at Caroline.
"Is she going to bite me?" Caroline asked
"No, she'll behave herself" Klaus said
Caroline reached for her keys and bent down to the circle drawn on her floor. She scraped against the paint of it, breaking the circle.
"There" Caroline said as she stood up
Rebekah walked out of the circle and smiled.
"We have to go Nik, I'll call Elijah" Rebekah said
"Wait, we're not leaving yet" Klaus said
"Why not? Just compel the humans already. We have to go"
"I can't"
"Have you been gone that long that you've forgotten how to compel humans?"
"I can't be compelled" Caroline said
"Is she on vervain?" Rebekah asked
"No, I just can't be compelled" Caroline said
Rebekah turned and looked into her eyes.
"You will forget you ever saw me or Nik" Rebekah compelled
"Fat chance" Caroline said as she walked into the house
Rebekah looked at her in disbelief and then back at Klaus. Klaus followed her back into the house.
"Nik we don't have time for this. It's only a matter of time before Mikael finds us!"
"Who the hell is Mikael?" Caroline asked
"He's a hunter, who will stop at nothing to kill me" Klaus said
"A hunter? Aren't hunters human?" Caroline asked
"He's not human, he's supernatural"
"Wait, he's a vampire that hunts other vampires? Isn't that like ironic?"
"He's dangerous. He's just as strong and as old as I am. I'm afraid I've put you in danger by being here"
"So you're leaving..."
"I have to, you don't ever want to meet Mikael, he will kill you without hesitation"
"But he's a vampire"
"Yes"
"Then I won't invite him in, just like your sister"
"Maybe in a year or two you'll turn up at my door and be ready for me to show you the world"
"I've seen the world just fine on my own. You healed my father. You don't have to stay"
"I know"
"But this Mikael dude, he's just as old and strong as you? But you're an original, just like your sister there right?"
"Yes original hybrid, she's just an original vampire"
"But from you all vampires are descended from. Who is Mikael?" Caroline looked at him trying to figure it out.
Klaus watched her as she saw all the pieces fall into place.
"He's related to you. he's not your brother. He's your father!"
"He's not my father"
"No, your real father was a werewolf. Mikael was your stepfather. He knew about your mother's little affair when you were all turned. The original witch cursed you because you couldn't be both. The original witch...she's your mother"
"Bloody hell! Nik why don't you tell everyone here while you're at. I'm sure you can paint it all on a billboard!" Rebekah yelled
"She cursed you because she was ashamed of what she did. She cursed you because she couldn't deal with what she did"
"Be quiet! You know too much as it is! You are in danger do you understand? Everyone you've ever known, ever loved is in danger now. He will destroy everything you've ever touched, loved or held dear, he will lay waste to it all without even thinking about it twice. You must go now"
"I can't leave, my dad just woke up"
"It is only a matter of time before he finds you and use you against me" Klaus said as he held her face in his hands
"He will show you no mercy or kindness, only blood and pain. I'm sorry Caroline for doing this to you"
"You can't compel me, you can't make me forget"
"I can't. But I have to go. He will chase me instead"
"I know, thank you for everything"
Rebekah watched the interaction between the two and was confused at what her brother was doing. He never showed any kindness to humans. What was special about this human girl?
"Try not to injure yourself too much while I'm gone" Klaus said
"I'll try not to"
Caroline placed her hand over his heart. She felt it beating, it was strange considering he was a 1000 year old vampire or hybrid. It was an erratic heartbeat, but still calming. Klaus leaned in to kiss her and Caroline pulled him closer with her other hand. Rebekah rolled her eyes at what she was seeing. Klaus's lips were gentle on hers, trying to savor the taste and memory of her. His hand found it's familiar spot over her heart. Klaus pulled away slowly, pressing his forehead against hers.
"Take care of yourself" Klaus aid
"You too"
"You truly are an amazing creature Caroline"
"You're not so bad yourself"
Caroline felt a breeze and then he was gone. His sister was gone too. Caroline touched her lips trying to remember his lips against hers as she leaned against the couch.
"Care?" Matt said walking in
Thanks for reading. well wasn't that last ep, how shall i say it? lots of shirtless jomo but damn he got shoved into the friend zone. XD but yeah leave me a review or reach me on tumblr. I'm still sick and dying. Isn't Caroline just too smart for her own good at times?