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Chapter 12 Her Hurt
Thirty Minutes Earlier
Kol slinked into Bonnie's bedroom undetected or so he thought. She was sitting on her bed meditating. Since her eyes were closed he took a few minutes to admire her. She really was beautiful with mocha skin and long wavy dark hair. He couldn't explain it and even if he had he wouldn't, but he was drawn to her, not just because of her magic. He figured it was because of her sharp tongue as well and her looks. He always did enjoy pretty girls with sharp tongues and she really was a beauty.
Without opening her eyes Bonnie began to speak. "What are you doing here?" she demanded to know.
He smirked amused that she'd noticed his presence without him having to speak.
"I've been sent." He said vaguely.
"By?" she asked in the same demanding tone.
He chuckled and walked closer to her. "I've been looking for you." He said ignoring her question.
She sighed and finally opened her eyes looking at him fully in the face. "Lucky me." She said dryly.
"Don't you want to know why?" he asked.
"Not really, but I assume you'll tell me."
He was silent interested to know why she wouldn't take his bait, unless she already knew all the answers. He knew she was playing with him and if there was one thing he liked as much as sharp tongues and pretty girls it was games. He had always loved a good game and he had a feeling she liked to play as well.
"You know I figured you'd be on the bottom floor with the other slaves and servants." He said eyeing her.
She flinched and looked away. "Caroline set me up here. She wanted me to be able to see the Sun." she said glancing towards the window. She smiled warily at the memory of how hard Caroline had fought for Bonnie to have an upstairs room. She'd beaten her father down until he'd finally agreed. Bonnie remembered how happy she'd been just to have a room with windows. She knew no one would ever do that for her past or future. Caroline was a special person and the best friend she would ever have.
"How nice of Caroline." Kol said dismissively.
Bonnie breathed out waiting for him to go on speaking, but instead he watched her.
"Why are you here Mr. Mikaelson?"
"Why I thought you'd already know." He said smirking.
She rolled her eyes and waited for him to continue.
His smirk deepened enjoying the game they were playing. "Nik wants you to make daylight rings for your employers." He said after a long pause.
She shrugged, "so?"
"So…will you?"
"You're asking me?"
"The first time, yes. The next time, no."
She eyed him suspiciously.
"That's all, daylight rings?" she asked quietly.
Kol nodded looking innocent enough.
"What else?" she asked knowing that wasn't it.
He shrugged and began to walk around her room. He picked up a few knickknacks strewn across the room enjoying the way her eyes followed him.
"We're going to be leaving soon. My brother found what he was looking for." Kol said finally looking over at her. He held a wilted flower in his hand playing with it as he spoke. She watched his fingers instead of looking him in the eye. True she drank vervain every day since Katherine arrived, but she wanted to be on the safe side if she was going to interact with vampires.
"So?"
"So I'd like you to come with me." He said looking down at the flower instead of her.
Her eyes snapped up to him surprised, but then again not as much as she thought she'd be. He'd already asked her, but this time there was a note of vulnerability in his voice.
"Why?" she asked bewildered.
He shrugged and tossed the flower onto her desk. "Thought it would be fun and you could learn a lot. Besides you'll know people coming along. The Salvatores are coming." He said watching her closely.
Her eyes widened, "Caroline's leaving Mystic Falls?"
Kol shook his head, "No she's human she has no business traveling with vampires. Stefan and Damon are." He clarified.
Bonnie frowned her heart breaking at the thought of the two brothers new doomed lives of horror and despair because of the woman who claimed to love them. She hoped they were ok. True she'd gotten along better with Stefan than Damon, but she still wished them well instead of ill will.
"Sorry, but no." Bonnie said.
Kol stared at her his face becoming indifferent. "Why not?"
"Because I like it here. I have a home, friends, and a life why would I throw that all away to travel around with abominations?"
He moved so fast she didn't see him and before she could do anything he was on her pressing her against the headboard of her bed. His eyes bore into her and she tried to not let the fear show in them as they locked together. She felt magic boiling in her veins and before Kol could do anything else he was on his knees as blood vessels popped in his head. He moaned in pain holding his head as Bonnie got off the bed and went to the other side putting the sleeping furniture in between them.
"Don't touch me." She said standing by the window.
Kol's groans softened and he looked up at her in awe. "Impressive." He said weakly.
She rolled her eyes, "I'll make their daylight rings, but I'm not going with you and I want you to leave me alone."
He sighed, "fine."
She nodded, "alright I need lapis l—"
But she stopped talking suddenly when she saw movement in the window. She turned to look outside and gasped when she saw people walking onto the property. She had a view of the front yard and could see about fifty townspeople walking towards the house. They were holding torches and guns from what she could tell. In the lead she saw Mr. Salvatore and a few other council members she recognized following him.
"What's wrong?" Kol asked rushing to her side. His gaze followed her own. Since his eyes were stronger he could see what else they had in their hands and he easily identified the small vials of liquid, and wooden stakes. Without another word he rushed downstairs and Bonnie quickly followed him wanting to warn her friends. Before she descended the stairs she grabbed her Grimoire along with some ingredients and a sack of a few clothes. Then she went to Caroline's room and packed some of her own things before following Kol. She went into the kitchen and heard him telling his brother they had a problem. She looked at Caroline who looked worried and bloody and then at Stefan and Rebekah in the corner. She frowned not liking the conclusion she was coming to.
"Caroline are you—" Bonnie began but she never finished her sentence before there was a loud crash in the front room and suddenly a blast of fire was thrown through the window and landed in the kitchen alerting the human, vampires, and witch to the trouble that awaited them outside.
Caroline screamed and tried to run towards the front room, but Klaus grabbed her by the arm to keep her still.
"Quiet." He snapped. He went over to the corner where Rebekah and Stefan still were dragging Caroline with him. The fire was in the opposite corner and for now was staying there. Whoever had thrown it had bad aim, but that didn't mean another one wasn't coming soon.
"What's the best way out of here? And not through the front." Klaus asked immediately going into survival mode.
"There's a way out through the kitchen but we have to go through the fire." Caroline paused in thought. "In the basement there is an underground tunnel that will lead us to the middle of town. My father had it built when we were small." She finished eyeing the fire with worry.
"We can't go outside the whole town is out there." Bonnie said looking at Kol who nodded.
"About bloody fifty of them. They have vervain I'm pretty sure Nik and stakes. Plus you know guns for the humans." Kol said looking at his brother.
"What about Damon? Where is he?" Caroline asked cutting in.
Stefan looked up and Caroline grew more upset knowing to get to Damon they had to go through the front room to get upstairs.
Klaus nodded taking this in. "Alright we need to go get the others. Katherine and Elijah are downstairs already, Caroline can you go down there and lead them? And I'll go get Damon." Klaus said followed by asking where he was.
Rebekah gave him quick directions and then they all went into the dining room down to the basement. They hurried as fast as they could Caroline leading them and when they got down there they halted upon the scene in front of them.
Katherine was tired to a chair badly beaten with Elijah watching her with a stony expression. He looked torn between wanting to help her and wanting to hit her. Her eyes were black and blue and almost swollen shut and her dress was ripped. Caroline cringed knowing Klaus had done that to her, but she tried not to think about it too much since they needed to figure out a way out.
"What's going on?" Elijah asked when he saw the five of them down there.
"We're under attack." Kol said amusement leaking into his tone.
Bonnie and Caroline glared at him before Stefan hurried forward and went to the secret exit that Caroline had spoke of before. Everyone tried to ignore Katherine, but the sight of her was sickening to say the least. Caroline tried not to think of Klaus torturing her, but she couldn't help it as her eyes darted to the girl. She wondered what she'd done that was so bad to be this hurt. She also couldn't help but notice Elijah's tense facial expression and the hurt in his eyes. After they escaped she would make sure to find out what exactly was going on. She may only be human but hurting people was not necessary no matter what.
"Goddamn!" Stefan snarled suddenly snapping Caroline from her dark thoughts. She looked over to see the exit had been boarded shut and a sinking in her stomach made her feel ill.
"We're trapped." She whispered looking at Bonnie with worry.
"Why are they doing this?" Caroline blurted out suddenly.
"Doing what? Trying to kill us?" Rebekah asked sardonically.
Caroline nodded.
"Because they're vampires." Bonnie said quietly looking over at Caroline.
"How does anyone even know! I mean—" Caroline began.
"Your father knows." Bonnie blurted out.
"What? How do you know that?" Stefan asked walking towards her angrily.
"Because everyone on the council does. They've known about Katherine all along. As well as the others that live in town." Bonnie said quietly.
"And you didn't tell us? Why would you do that you?" Caroline asked angrily.
"Would you really have believed me?" Bonnie asked sighing.
"What exactly is going on?" Stefan demanded to know.
There was silence in the basement as everyone took in what Bonnie was saying. The floor above them the vampires could hear loud thuds and glass shattering.
"The council has known about vampires all along. They made this plan to kill all the vampires in town to keep everyone safe. The only reason I know about it is because the servants have been talking. I guess they found out about Katherine along the way and that's why they're here. Your father is there leader." Bonnie admitted quietly.
Stefan snarled stepping back and Carolin covered her mouth in horror.
"No! Father would never! He's—" Caroline began to say but was cut off by Klaus and Damon coming downstairs.
"What's all this? Why aren't you in the tunnel?" Klaus demanded to know.
"It's blocked. We're trapped." Rebekah said dully.
"Bloody hell." Klaus said rolling his eyes.
"We aren't trapped. We're bloody Originals. Alright, new plan. I'll go out first with Caroline as a distraction then you all follow and kill everyone—"
"What? No killing! These are people we know and care about!" Caroline interrupted snapping out of her shock.
"My father's out there!" she added angrily.
"And your father and the townspeople want to kill us. So everyone divide and conquer." Klaus said looking at everyone as if telling them they were going to the park. He said it so casually it was disconcerting to Caroline.
"What? No!" Caroline protested.
"Excellent! It'll be Rome all over again." Kol said excitedly rubbing his hands together.
"I'm not killing anyone." Bonnie said crossing her arms.
"Then they'll kill you. They're killing witches too." Rebekah said looking over the girl.
Bonnie frowned, "I don't—"
"Witches?" Caroline asked confused.
They heard a crash above them and everyone grew silent as they listened.
"Lets go. Meet at the mansion." Klaus said ignoring Caroline's confusion and Bonnie's anger. He grabbed Caroline by her waist and pulled her upstairs. She protested at first, but his grip was too tight and she couldn't fight him off.
"What if I die?" she whispered as they slowly came out of the basement.
He glanced at her a smirk setting on his face. "Do you trust me?" he asked.
She watched him as he lead them through the house. They hid as people walked by them and then continued towards the door unnoticed.
"I'm not sure." She whispered honestly.
"Take a chance, love." He said as they reached the broken down front door.
She opened her mouth to respond when suddenly he produced a knife from inside his coat and pressed it to her throat. His smirk widened as his face transformed.
"Play along." He whispered pressing his mouth to her ear. Then without warning they burst outside and into the moonlight. She gasped as they moved along the property. The knife against her throat and she would have stumbled as he dragged her forward if his arm wasn't wrapped securely around her waist. He moved quickly and deliberately in the moonlight.
"Unhand her you monster!" Mr. Salvatore snarled pointing a wooden stake at them.
"If anyone touches me I will slit her throat." Klaus announced as he moved her along and through the fifty or so people on the grounds. He moved around the townspeople as everyone stopped to watch him and his hostage. He was near the middle of the crowd and her father watched him through narrow eyes.
"Where are the other monsters?" Mr. Salvatore asked seething through his teeth clenched.
"No idea." Klaus said breezily right as Elijah and Katherine emerged followed quickly by Stefan, Rebekah, and Damon. Bringing up the rear were Kol and Bonnie. All of them moved quietly as everyone's eyes were on him and Caroline.
His eyes darted to his siblings making sure the plan was going accordingly since everyone was paying attention to him. In that one moment he took to check on his siblings suddenly Guiseppe stepped forward when Klaus went past him. Since his eyes weren't on Mr. Salvatore he didn't see the sword he produced from his side and stabbed it through Caroline and into him. He felt pain in his abdomen and he heard a gurgling noise from Caroline in front of him. Instead of feeling angry about being taken off guard he felt enraged for any harm coming to Caroline especially from her own father.
"Forgive me daughter. It was a necessity that needed to be done. You're what's known as collateral damage." Giuseppe whispered to Caroline as she struggled to breathe.
Klaus snarled and grabbed Mr. Salvatore from around Caroline who was slumped forward and took his head between his hands and twisted it as hard as he could killing the older man on the spot. That seemed to jerk the Mystic Falls residents from their haze and they rushed forward. Klaus quickly slid the sword out of himself and Caroline and killed the nearest person before picking Caroline up and flashing towards the Fells' mansion. He gripped her body close to his feeling her blood soak his clothes. Once he reached the woods behind the mansion he fed Caroline more of his blood so she could heal.
She gave him a weak laugh.
"We have to stop meeting like this." She said watching the wound heal itself.
He didn't laugh the anger and worry for her welfare tearing into him. "Are you ok?" he asked quietly stroking her face.
She looked away tears in her eyes. She felt sick and tired as well as confused. She didn't know what to think anymore. Collateral damage echoed in her ears and she wanted to cry. Her own father just tried to kill her. The man she cared about possibly even loved just murdered her father. She felt like she was in a sick and twisted dream. She needed to get out.
"I don't know." She said feeling hazy.
He nodded understanding. After being hunted by his own father he knew the unfortunate issues she was having at the current moment.
"We need to get out of here and then…" he trailed off not even knowing where they would go.
"Am I coming too?" she asked.
"Only if you want to."
She was silent staring up at the moon as he squatted beside her.
"Alright. If I must." She said giving him a small tired smile.
He nodded, "I need to go into the mansion and grab some things before we leave. The rest of my stuff can burn, but there are a few important trinkets. The others should be here soon, stay here I'll be right back." He reassured her.
He looked her over again making sure her wound was healed and then flashed to the house. He promised himself he'd only be a few minutes. He didn't want to leave her out there for too long but he tried to reassure himself that his siblings were on the way. She'd be fine. He kept repeating it in his head as he rushed around looking for his things.
In the woods Caroline sat against the tree soft tears rolling down her face. She felt so confused, so tired and sick and scared. Her own father! How could he! And what about Klaus? What was going to happen to her and her brothers? Where would they go? What about her? A million questions were floating around her head as she tried to grasp what was going on. The worst part was she'd faced death three times now in less than three days. She had lost so much blood and despite the fact she was healed now and had energy she felt weak as if life kept scooping out bits of her. The tears were flowing faster now and if she wasn't so lost in her own thoughts she would have heard the twig behind her snapping.
"Hello Caroline."
Caroline's head whipped around to see a shadowy figure near a set of trees behind her. She scrambled onto her feet and took a step back. The figure stepped forward and the light of the moon illustrated Tyler Lockwood's face.
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