Enjoy! R&Rs are beautiful(:(As are all of you!) I'm in a writing mood so I might finish this tonight and publish more tomorrow(: It'll be one or two more chapters for the A storyline. I loved writing this one I hope you all love reading it(: Thanks for reading, you guys are amazziinngg 3 3

Before Klaus could say anything more or even get back on his feet, Kol jumped and greeted Klaus with an original-packed, strong punch to the face. Klaus growled but recovered fast and pushed Kol across the earth and hard onto the opposite dirt made wall. Kol was on the ground and Klaus took the opportunity to turn to Caroline, who already looked flustered from watching them fight. They were old, which meant that they were strong, and she felt pain deep inside of her at the thought of such an evil man trying to hurt the man that she loved…

"Hey," he could see the hurt in her eyes as she looked at Kol, lying momentarily on the floor, only looking up to him when he cupped her face in his hands and forced her to meet his eyes, which he was trying desperately to keep his face neutral and strong.

"Hey, Caroline, go. Go get your mother, I'll take care of Kol," Caroline didn't need convincing. Klaus was strong, he could fend off his brother, and she needed to save her mom.

As Caroline took off running through the underground tunnels to find her mom, Klaus looked after her and closed his eyes tight when he heard his brother,

"Well, this will be fun, won't it, brother?" And as Klaus turned back around, Kol was there to meet him once more, bringing him down with another strong punch.

Where was she? Where was she? Caroline had been searching everywhere, she couldn't find her mom anywhere. "Mom!" She cried out desperately for the hundredth time, hoping that maybe this time she would get a reply…and she did.

"Caroline!" Caroline started to sprint as soon as she heard her voice, "Caroline I'm over here!" But she already knew. It took Caroline only a moment to trace the sound, finding her mom in a hollowed out part of the tunnel, but she was thrown back when she tried and failed to enter. What was going on? Caroline tried again to get to her mom but something was blocking her, "Caroline, vampires can't get in, Kol threw me in here with…"

"…with me" someone said, and Caroline found her most unexpected friend emerge from the darkness…

"Matt! Matt, untie her, I can take her now," Caroline was surprised at Matt, why would Kol choose him to stay with her, as a last friend to die with or something? So that he could use both of them? But she soon realized what was going on…

"I don't think so, Caroline. Kol needs her here, and if I don't here from him in the next 10 minutes, I'm going to kill her." Matt said, his face deadpan.

"Matt! Matt, you don't know what you're saying-"

"He's not himself Caroline, Kol did something-"

"I know Mom, I know…" Caroline searched around for something to help her, but she was running out of time. She needed a human and there was no one around…

Kol was stronger than Klaus remembered. Of course, Klaus was a hybrid, older than Kol, he should be the strongest, but something was different. Kol must have been drinking extra blood or doing something extra because he, at this moment, was stronger. Klaus was on the ground more often than he should have been, and they were both bloodied up.

"You know, brother," Kol said, walking around Klaus who was weak and laying down, trying to gather his strength, "you've really outdone yourself. I mean, killing mother, our entire family, and then trying to start some sort of hybrid army, you just always go so far with your plans. Especially with your women, I should have guessed that you would go after Caroline, she's the only one who doesn't fall for your ridiculous charms. Or maybe she's just like those stereotypical blondes…vapid. Stupid. She certainly let me in easily when I had her at the bar…" With that Klaus was up and fighting his brother with all he had. They were going back and forth, Klaus hitting Kol so hard that he fell and hit his head hard enough to easily give any human a concussion. But with Klaus' strength, Kol was stubborn. He pushed back against his brother, holding him to the other wall in a headlock. "Do you really think that will last, brother? She'll leave you just like we all have, no one stays with a monster like you. You're evil, brother. Nobody likes you. And even if she does, there's no saying I won't get to her first…"

"Dammit!" Caroline was running out of time. She had less than a minute before Matt was going to kill her mother and there was nothing else that she could try. She threw things through the barrier, trying to knock out Matt, but she couldn't get to him.

"Caroline, it's okay. I don't want you here, just go." Liz was tied down against a large boulder, tears running down her face.

"No mom, I'm going to get you out of here, I just have to-" and it hit her.

"Hey Matt, come here," Caroline tried getting his attention, "Matt," still nothing. "Matt!" She broke through, if only just for a moment, and he walked over to her. She didn't know if this would work but she had to try, "Closer, Matt," she said in her best, most alluring voice. He walked over to her and she stood in front of him, as close to the barrier as she could get, "You're going to untie my mother and listen to me, not Kol, until I tell you that you are free." Caroline stepped back and waited…did it work? Slowly, Matt stepped away, no expression in his face, and he went back to where his knife was lying on the ground. Shit. Her time was up.

"Matt, please, Matt!" Caroline closed her eyes as Matt's hand rose and he drove it down. She began to sob, only comforted when she felt arms around her.

"Mom" Caroline hugged her tight and looked back at Matt, who had cut the ropes from around her mother, freeing her.

"Matt, come with me. Mom, let's go, Klaus is stopping Kol, we can get out but we have to go now." Caroline grabbed her mom's hand but stopped when Liz's hand tugged her back.

"Klaus?" her mom looked at her with worry and confusion in her eyes…

"Not now, mom, I'll fill you in later." This was not the time.

Klaus was barely holding on. Whether it was Klaus' restraint from drinking human blood recently, or the fact that he just wasn't ready to fight, Kol was stronger than him tonight. He should have been ready for this. He had to protect Caroline, how could he think that bringing her in here was smart? If he couldn't fight off Kol, he would surely kill Caroline, if only to spite Klaus, and he wasn't going to let that happen. He couldn't let that happen…he would die before he let that happen…

As if on cue, Caroline found Klaus and Kol with Liz and Matt by her side. Matt, what was Matt doing here? It didn't matter. Klaus had to be strong for Caroline and her seeing him, face covered in blood, getting beaten to the ground was hardly good for her spirit. She ran to him and kneeled next to him, struggling with taking her loved ones away or staying with the man she was in love with. Kol was standing by and he could kill any of them in no time, but she had to make sure Klaus was okay. He had to be okay, she had to make him okay. She would die before she let him get hurt…

"Klaus," Caroline whispered, tears already streaming down her face as she held his face on her lap and wiped away the blood from his face. "Klaus, you get up. You're stronger than him, you need to get up, I'll fight with you, just get up, please. Please, Klaus."

"Well this is just so cozy, isn't it now?" Kol was leaning against the dirt wall, arms and heels crossed, clearly amused.

Caroline let her vampire side show, veins and fangs protruding, and launched herself at Kol, only to be thrown back violently.

"Bastard!" Klaus was up and pushing Kol into the wall in no time, holding his neck in a choke hold, only for a second before he too was pushed down. Caroline recovered quickly and was by his side once more, this time Klaus willed himself to talk.

"Caroline, I can take care of Kol, you get out of here, take your mum and Matt, I'll be out, I can meet you soon."

"No, Klaus, no. I can't leave you here like this."

"Caroline, you promised me. Go." Caroline couldn't argue with him, so she leaned down and kissed him passionately, ignoring the looks she got form Matt and her mother. This was about the man she loved, and if this was goodbye, she sure as hell wouldn't hide her feelings in fear of embarrassment or shame. She kissed him hard, desperate to bring him strength, like her kisses would somehow make him stand and fight like the strong man she knew he was, but it wasn't happening. She pulled away and kissed his forehead before leaning hers against his, "I love you, Klaus. You be careful. I'll see you soon." He nodded and she kissed him again, but he had to pull away. "Go, Caroline."

She had to use all of her self control to pull herself away from him. She took Matt and Liz away and out of the dark tunnels, climbing out easily by the dented dirt. As soon as they got to the surface however, Caroline turned to Matt and looked him straight in the eye.

"Matt, now you will remember everything. I'll explain it all later but now I just need you to get my mother home safe…"

"Caroline, no!" Liz was horrified, but she was quickly taken by Matt, who knew with unspoken promise that Caroline needed to do this.

"I'll be fine, mom, I promise. I need to help him, I can't let Kol do this."

"Caroline!-"

"I love him, mom! I love him, and I need to help him. I'll be okay, mom, I promise." And with that, Caroline was back under in the darkness…

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