Caroline felt his breath on her lips and she had to break out of the weird trance she was in to force herself to protest.
"No!" she turned her head away from him. Klaus looked at her with frustration.
"It's just a kiss love, why so shy?"
"I'm not shy, I'm disgusted." Caroline spat. Klaus' eyes were dark, he rested his hand on her collar bone as she tried to breathe calmly.
"Your heart races." Klaus said, amused.
"Is it because you find me..." he leaned in closer and searched her face for something "...repulsive?" he asked, his eyebrow raised.
Caroline looked at him directly in the eyes.
"Yes."
Klaus nodded. "I see." He pulled away with his face as emotionless as can be.
Caroline expected him to hit her. He definitely looked like he would.
But he didn't. Instead he showed her the way as his eyes gazed into hers.
"Well, Caroline. It wouldn't be gentlemanly to force a kiss now, would it? You were asking about your friends. Let me take you to them."
Caroline didn't say a thing. She hesitated before nodding slowly. He started to walk before her and she knew he was confident that she wouldn't try and run. She followed him in the dark hall since she knew she couldn't take him or run away. But she could at least be with her friends.
Ah they entered the gym, Caroline saw a terrified Elena and confusingly desperate Stefan next to her.
Tyler was nowhere to be seen and Matt and Bonnie were trying to calm down a girl as she cried. When they saw her they all stared at her in fear. Especially when Klaus pulled her by the hand and slightly pushed her towards the seats.
"Sit down, love. And enjoy the show."
"Caroline!" Matt said before Bonnie pulled him back.
"What's going on?" Caroline's voice cracked. This felt like a nightmare at best. She feared what would happen, and what she would hear but she had noway to escape it.
"Shh, patience." Klaus smiled as he brought his finger to his lips.
"Come on now, sit beside me. I won't bite." He patted the empty space next to him.
Caroline looked at Stefan but once again found his face just as hopeless as the others. She understood he wouldn't be any help.
She did as she was told and slowly sat down next to Klaus.
He looked at her, his face dangerously unexpressive.
"Tell me about yourself Caroline."
Stefan looked over to them, listening to what he was saying to her. He then turned to Elena and saw tears running down her face. She seemed scared for everyone's life and now with the way Klaus looked at Caroline, he knew they had even more to be worried about than their lives.
"Stefan, you have to resist him." Caroline heard Elena beg to Stefan. She looked over at her friend.
Klaus turned her face to himself and smiled a little.
"Hey,... didn't you hear me love?"
Caroline frowned. "What are you making him do?" she asked.
Klaus looked at her for a second before he began "Consider it a test of his loyalty. We're friends, Stefan and I. He needs to redeem himself for lying to me."
"You mean for letting you think that Elena was dead." Caroline said.
"Exactly." Klaus said. "He lied. And friends don't lie to each other, do they Caroline?"
Caroline wanted him to stop saying her name like that. Everyone seemed like they were already dead and she felt she was the only one who was able to move or breathe.
She felt everyone was expecting Klaus to do something horrible. If he were triggered, he would explode and she would be standing at the heart of the explosion.
"He did the honorable thing." She said. The emotion she saw in Klaus' face was not of amusement but it wasn't anger either. It was as if he was disappointed.
"Is that so?" he asked. "Tell me." He said, his expression serious.
"He did it to protect the woman he loved. Isn't that honorable?" she asked as her lips trembled.
Klaus smiled when he noticed the way she couldn't help her voice shaking, and the way her lips trembled. She seemed to do that when she was scared but still pushing through the fear.
He found it compelling for some reason.
"Love?" he laughed. "Well, I'm giving him a chance to prove that too." He smiled.
"In 20 minutes, Stefan will feed on Elena. Unless of course, Bonnie finds the solution to my little problem."
Caroline's jaw dropped when she realized Stefan was compelled. She looked at Bonnie to see she was more than desperate. Matt was trying to pull her out but she was looking at Caroline.
"Go now." Klaus said to them. "You know what to do."
"Where are they going?" Caroline asked.
"To help me with making more hybrids." Klaus was cheerful.
Killing Elena should have worked but there seems to be more to it. So I need your witch friends help." He explained.
"And what did you do to Tyler? He can't help you."
"He can, actually. You see, all my hybrids died when I tried to turn them. Heartbreaking, really. But I have a feeling about Tyler." He smirked.
"You didn't..."Caroline stood up.
"Oh I forgot to tell you," Klaus said. "Tyler will die as well, if I don't get what I want. So I will need your support in the matter."
Caroline growled as she attacked him with all her might. Which only ended with him twisting her arms and making her sit on his lap as he tried to still her.
Caroline was shaking with anger this time as she kept struggling.
"Shhh, Caroline, you're gonna hurt yourself." Klaus whispered.
"We don't want that." He said softly into her tangled hair.
Somehow his voice managed to be both threatening and passionate. When he turned her face to his, he brushed her hair from her face and held her still on her lap.
"Calm down. If your friends help me, everyone gets to live." He said.
Caroline huffed.
"Let. me. go."
Klaus chuckled.
"Can't. You're too much fun. And honestly, considering I only had broody Stefan to keep me company all this time, I could use your delightful charm." He smiled genuinely.
"I am not your toy. No one here is." Klaus let her go as she stood up again to yell at him.
He seemed even more amused by her genuine anger.
"Tell me Caroline, can that baby wolf handle all this energy of yours?"
"Is this all a joke to you?" Caroline spat.
Klaus kept smiling.
"You're keeping us here because you want to- what- make more of yourself? You're gonna make Stefan eat his girlfriend because you can't have what you want?"
Klaus looked at her.
"Yes." He said simply.
She sighed. "You're even more pathetic than I thought you were." She let out.
And with that she found herself on her back with Klaus on top of her.
She heard Elena call her name but Stefan was obviously compelled and Elena could do nothing to help her just as she couldn't do anything for herself.
She gasped as he kept her hands down with one hand, and his other hand captured her face.
"Don't push me sweetheart." He said, his eyes burning holes into hers. "Don't confuse my tolerance with weakness. It could cost you your life."
She swallowed. His eyes were so dark she felt that weird warmth capturing her again, a burning in her stomach and she couldn't help shivering. He too, had realized her reaction. And it seemed to intrigue him more. He gazed at her lips for a split second before he got up and pulled her up with him. He held her to himself and held her face between his hands. Caroline's eyes were wet.
"I need you to understand one thing, Caroline. There are two ways that this night can end. One, everybody gets to go home. " he said softly as he held her face still.
"And two," he paused and caressed her cheek. "I'll make sure that nobody in this town survives."
Caroline's tears streamed down her face and she cursed herself for crying in front of him.
But she was surprised when he didn't laugh as she expected him to. Instead he stared at her face and then he wiped the tear that had found its way to her chin.
"Don't cry love. It will be over soon." He said and dragged her out.
A/N: So happy you guys liked how it began. I hope this chapter was to your liking. I'm basically fulfilling my Klaroline dreams for that episode.
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