I'm so freakin' embarrassed. You don't understand.
I totally understand if you guys hate me. I would hate me too :'(.
But I offer a prenance. Lookie update. Not good enough, huh? Sorries. Another note at the end.
Recap: (cuz one might be needed) Caroline managed to "convince" Stefan to give Klaus back, but when they got to the storage his coffin was taken by none other than KATERINA PETROVA *dun*dun*dun*.
And on you go!
"Hello Elijah" she crooned observing Elijah. She quickly moved her seductive gaze towards Stefan, "Oh. Two for one deal today. Aren't I lucky?" she giggled but was quickly cut off by an angry Caroline.
"You bitch" Caroline eyed Katherine, her fists clenching. "What have you done?!"
Katherine was now leaning against one of the storages, a wicked smile plastered on her face. The boy, who was still a stranger to them all, seemed a bit on edge. He seemed to relax, though, when he saw Katherine was showing no sign of fear.
"What's wrong, Caroline? You seem to be a bit riled up" she feigned concern. It quickly vanished when she added, "You have an itch to scratch?" she laughed wickedly. "Oh!" she gasped, "and your boyfriend seems to be nowhere in sight. You know" she said beginning to saunter closer to the trio, "I don't have such a great track record involving men" she winked over in the direction of the men, "but I'm pretty sure that when you manage to get your immortal boyfriend dead, you're obviously doing something wrong".
Caroline flashed to Katherine quickly grabbing her by the throat, "You killed me. Manipulated so many others, and I don't know what you've done with Klaus, but I'm seriously gonna enjoy kicking your ass right now".
Katherine's age held an advantage to Caroline, and she quickly managed to change her position. She now had Caroline pinned against the opposite storage, smirking at Caroline's boldness.
"Caroline. Caroline. What was that you said?" she caressed Caroline's furious features, "kick my ass? Really? Do you not know who I am? Or have you forgotten?!" She grabbed Caroline by the shoulders and threw her quickly by Stefan and Elijah's feet causing both men to snap out of their daze.
Stefan was lost in confusion, trying to put every piece together. What is Katherine doing here? She took Klaus? Why? And who the hell is that kid she's with?
Elijah's usual cool demeanor seemed to have altered slightly. His usual indifferent facial expression was now replaced with a slight frown. Inside he was furious. Katerina Petrova. She always had this unruly ability to alter plans of his, or his family members. Any previous form of sympathy he felt for her vanished the moment her heart stopped beating. He didn't necessarily care when she had betrayed his brother, that matter could be overlooked. It was [moreover] her selfishness that he had been so blind to see. The moment she became a vampire he realized that he had so foolishly overlooked one important aspect to the infamous Petrova.
The only thing of importance to Katerina, was Katerina.
He was still unsure of her goal for stealing his brother, but her arrogance and confidence were finally making him lose his cool.
He was brought back from his musings, and to much more fury, when he felt Caroline land by his feet.
"Well, allow me to remind you" Katherine smiled and made her way to pounce on Caroline.
She was interrupted by a furious Elijah. He grabbed her by the neck gripping her tightly making her laughter die as quickly as it came.
"I believe you're the one who has forgotten, Katerina" he said pushing her forcefully against one of the storage walls.
"Elijah, wait" Caroline suddenly spoke out.
During his interaction with Katherine, Caroline had managed to pick herself up. She was now standing beside him, eyeing a very frightened Katherine.
"Caroline?" he eyed her, a bit confused.
"I'm not as weak as you all make me to be, Elijah" she said, her eyes never leaving Katherine's face. "I can handle my own, alright?" her tone has suddenly shifted. It had seemed to gain more power.
When yelling at Katherine, her voice emitted rage. Now it had shifted, she was more controlled. More confident.
With a slight nod, Elijah released Katherine.
Katherine, the eternal runner, tried to flash away towards the exit before anyone caught her, leaving the boy shocked and frightened behind.
Before she managed to get anywhere Caroline was in front of her, a small smirk on her face. She grabbed Katherine by the throat and threw her against a storage causing the metal door to bend into the shape of her body.
"Of course you would try and run. It's really the only thing you're good at" Caroline said, walking towards a groaning Katherine.
She stood over her smiling and Katherine smiled back, "It's saved my ass millions of times before. Just like it will now" she said. She tried to lift herself up to run again, but Caroline was faster.
She slammed Katherine's body back down with her foot, slamming it into her chest, eliciting a painful gasp from Katherine.
The sound of bones crushing echoed across the storage, "That's where you're wrong Katherine" she knelt down keeping her eyes level with her writhing body, "This time, not even running will save you" she smiled as her hand flew to her throat, while she thrusted the other into her chest gripping onto her heart.
As she did so, Katherine coughed up blood her eyes widening at her body's sudden movement. Caroline hoisted her up, her arms still positioned, "Don't worry. It's not over yet. Just a little bit of fun" she removed her grip from the vampire, letting her slide down the wall. "You see, I still haven't decided what I'd enjoy more. Having your 'ass'", she mocked, "be mine. Or saving it for that someone special, who's been looking forward to it for centuries now".
Katherine placed her hand on the ground, trying to position herself for another escape, and felt a heel dig right into it. She screamed out in pain as she felt it dig in harder, and saw blood gush out slowly, "But that would be after" Caroline eyed her now growing serious "I'm growing sick and tired of asking; Where. Is. He." She asked, annunciating on each word.
Katherine let out a throaty laugh, "You're really cute, you know that?"
"Yeah, I'm adorable" Caroline laughed with her. Then suddenly she kicked her knee up, crashing it into Katherine's chin. Her head flew back instantly hitting the concrete wall between the storages behind her making it, and the back of her skull, shatter into pieces.
"And you're a pestilence" she spat venomously. "And since it looks like you're not gonna cooperate, looks like I'm gonna have to show you the cute way I persuade others".
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Upon seeing this interaction the boy, who had been attempting to hide in the shadow of two storages, finally realized his place, what a stupid idea! They were way in over their heads.
He saw the way Katherine squirmed under the blonde, she almost looked frightened.
This was not how things were supposed to go down. Katherine had explained everything to them; she had explained that their biggest worry might be his siblings. They were the ones to watch for.
She had also mentioned another inferior blonde who might be with them, pining over his body. She had said something along the lines of, "his toy". A weak baby vampire that was already broken.
She had assured them that after this she would be so shattered even a mere human would be able to take her, but as he saw Katherine cry out in pain at the blonde's hand, he was sure she had been wrong.
This blonde didn't seem weak at all. At first he had seen a glimpse of it when Katherine began to taunt her, but he saw her change. Her demeanor had changed right in front of him, and now he was scared.
He had to get out of here.
They already had the body, but they all had put too much confidence in Katherine. She seemed like she knew what she was doing, so when she suggested they wait around a while longer for some fun he didn't protest.
He looked to Katherine, who was still writing in pain at the blonde's hand, and then moved his gaze to the other vampires.
The one in the suit was casually leaning against a storage, a small smile on his face, while he observed the two women.
The other one was more alert, he had been eyeing him from the moment they appeared, and now, sensing his growing apprehension, he began to inch closer to him.
He was at a loss, so he did the only thing he could think of: He ran.
He had been holding a vile of vervain in his sweater pocket, he had brought just in case.
He opened it and threw it straight at the suspicious vampire, giving him a couple of seconds head start.
The vervain hit Stefan straight in the face, causing him to cripple down, a cry of agony escaping his lips.
Elijah had been keeping a watchful eye on him, and before he could reach the exit he crashed into, what he felt was, a rock hard wall.
His body fell back, he was on all fours, staring at the well-dressed vampire.
"What – ? When did – ?" he stammered, his fear overpowering any rational thought.
Elijah observed the boy, noting his heartbeat. He knelt down, making his face level with his.
"And who might you be?" he asked, his eyes narrowing in curiosity.
In an attempt to remain strong, the boy hardened his features.
"Someone you should respect" he spat back at Elijah.
Elijah's curiosity had been sparked, he raised his eyebrows in astonishment, his lips slowly forming into a smile.
"Is that so?" he laughed.
He quickly grabbed the boy by the throat, and hoisted him up.
"Please continue. You now have my full attention" he said eyeing the boy. "Who might you think you are?"
"You should respect me!" the boy spat at him, a tinge of fear hidden behind his eyes. "I – WE have exactly who you're looking for".
Elijah raised his eyebrow, interesting.
Upon hearing the boy speak, Caroline grabbed Katherine and began to drag her by the hair to where Elijah stood with the boy. A very confused Stefan following their wake.
Katherine's cries began to echo throughout the storage.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" she yelled, finally having reached Elijah and the boy.
She grabbed Katherine by her shirt, lifting her up. "Here" she said pushing her up against Elijah.
Stefan, curious as to this whole ordeal, remained passive. He took a stance by Elijah eyeing a squirming Katherine.
"Now" she grabbed the boy and softly set him against the wall, "what was that you were saying?" she asked, her beautiful smile distracting the boy.
Was it really possible for this beautiful woman to cause so much destruction? And all for that… monster? He wouldn't have believed it had he not seen it.
"HEELLLOO?!" she drawled out, clearly irritated. "Are you even here?!" her patience was wearing thin with the boy.
He cleared his throat, "I know what you want" he said shakily, damn his nerves. He really didn't want them to know he was as scared as he currently was.
Caroline gave him a slight smile, "Ok? What's going on?" she asked curiously, looking back at Katherine.
Noting their silence she continued, "Alright whatever. I don't care. Judging by the look on your face" she pointed to the boy," you seem to be regretting whatever prank was scrounged up here. So just give me my boyfriend back. I'll let you go. Forget this ever happened" she smiled.
"Oh! But we're keeping her" she said eyeing Katherine, "deal?"
Katherine gasped at Caroline's mention, "HELL NO! You. Are. NOT. Leaving. Me!" she yelled at the boy.
He seemed to be hesitating, "Look! Don't worry about her! She'll get what's coming to her! Just give me Klaus's body" Caroline urged, growing frustrated.
"I—I don't think I can do that" the boy finally responded, straightening his back and fixing his gaze on Caroline.
She returned the stance, her friendly demeanor slowly vanishing, "You don't think you can? So what can you do?" slowly, she began to inch closer to him.
The boy tried to swallow the knot that had began to grow at his throat, "It – it's nothing personal really" he tried to state assuredly, "this needs to be done. For everyone, even you if you think about it".
Her hand flew to his throat, "Is that so? Tell me. What exactly needs to be done?"
"I know who he is, what he's done, everyone does. I'm protecting my own. This needs to be done" he stated matter of factly under Caroline's hold.
"Your own?! Seriously?! Let me spare you some time. Katherine." She pointed to an annoyed Katherine, who was not only being held captive by Elijah but by Stefan as well, "is what many might refer to as a… tramp. Yeah, she likes to play men. It's kinda her thing" she shrugged and pointed to both men. "two out of like a billion".
"No" the boy shook his head.
"Really. I'm serious. Ask them yourselves" she laughed.
"NO!" he said angrily "That's not what – look. She has nothing to do with me. She got in the middle of me and my –" he hesitated not trying to give too much information. "She knew more than we did. A means to an end, but now we can't seem to get rid of her until the deed is don—"
"Enough!" Caroline cut him off, "All you're doing here is giving me vague answers that I honestly don't care about. Who the hell are you? And what do you want with Klaus?" she asked, her grip tightening with her last question.
"I'm not telling you anything" he croaked out.
She let the boy's neck go, quickly replacing the painful ache with a scorching pain on his cheek.
She slapped him so hard, and so quickly, he barely had anytime to register.
"I'm gonna ask you one last time" she grabbed his face with both hands forcing his gaze on her "what do you want?" she asked as her eyes dilated.
The boy laughed, "You actually thought that would work? Pathetic" he spat out.
She joined his laughter, "Nope. Not at all, but that's ok. Now I can move on and resort to some more entertaining options" she winked.
She placed her hand on his forehead and roughly pushed it back against the wall. It wasn't enough force to render him unconscious, but now he understood what she meant by more entertaining options. Shit.
"You sure you don't just wanna spare yourself right now?" she asked, a wicked smile on her face. She was enjoying this, what the f– .
"You will nev—" his words were cut off by the sound of a ring tone. His ringtone. He quickly fumbled around his pockets hoping to silence it before they could do anything.
"Oohh! And what's this?" a giddy Caroline asked, quickly slapping his hands away from his pocket. She reached in and took the phone from the boy.
His face was the picture of panic. He had no idea who was on the other line. This could not all end like this.
She answered the phone putting it to her ear, "Hey! Tell your psycho that we've got the witch. We're heading over to the forest with the rest of the pack. Can you guys at least have the decency to show up this time" she heard a feminine voice say.
Her smile widened, "Oh we most definitely will be doing that. Thank you sweetie"she said as she ended the call.
She laughed as she handed the phone to Elijah, "Pack" she drawled. "Well, things just got interesting."
"What are you gonna do?" the boy asked no longer trying to hide the fear in his voice.
"Don't worry kid. Looks like we'll be needing you a bit longer" Caroline smiled.
Elijah looked at her, "You don't suppose the 'witch' the female mentioned was -?"
"That's a definite possibility" Caroline cut him off "Let's get going. We'll take these two with us to their little pack. You think Kol would be up to some more fun tonight?" she asked with a smile.
I know. I know. This chapter was a long wait, and quite possibly a let down. (was it? let me know).
But Idk. Life got in the way, and I don't know how to handle life sometimes. My most sincerest apologies.
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