When I Grow Up

Chapter 10. - I Need Convincing

"Caroline?" Klaus whispered more to himself as he approached the sleeping blonde beauty laying in the middle of the bed before him. "What have you done Caroline? Look at you now" he could feel a lump swell in his throat and his eyes begin to water. "You need to wake up sweetheart, you need to tell me why you did all this, why you helped save me. Please, love. Just wake up" Klaus said as he sat on the edge of the bed with one of Caroline's hands in his. HE caressed it gently before placing it by her side and getting up.

Elijah stood by the door as Klaus approached him "Why did she do this?" he asked Elijah in a whisper "WHY ISN'T SHE AWAKE?" he roared at Elijah who stood there watching the emotions cross his brothers face.

"When the spell happened you were sent back in time while your human self was brought forward. Caroline stepped in because she felt guilty and the reason she felt guilty was because she loves you. You should have seen her when she found out eventually your human self, a child version of you had to be sent away. She was afraid to send Nik as she called you back because she didn't want to lose him and feared when you came home, you wouldn't want to speak with her" Elijah told Klaus who looked shocked at Caroline's actions towards him. He was still angry, he wanted to scream, lash out because he still felt betrayed.

"If she loved me she wouldn't have went along with the spell in the first place" he said as he took a step around his brother. "Oh and Elijah?" Klaus met his brothers eyes, his own filled with utter hate and betrayal "Love is a vampires greatest weakness" he said as he left the Salvatore Boarding House.

"Elijah. Where's Nik?" Rebekah asked as Elijah joined Rebekah and the Salvatore's in the huge parlor.

"He left" Rebekah couldn't believe her brother's words "And he's flipped the switch again" he said as he made himself a drink. Damon's eyes bulged and Stefan sighed. "Unless Caroline wakes up and convinces him that she loves him, we will have to deal with several hundred years of an extra moody hybrid" Elijah sat down and wiped a hand over his face.

"Several hundred years? How long did it take the last time ?" Damon asked

"My brother has always been emotionally unstable since we were human. You know Mikael was cruel but with Niklaus he was something else. He was like an animal, he would beat him until he passed out and often left him out at night in bad weather, he starved him and let him back into the home after 9 days. I don't know how Niklaus did not take his own life because what he suffered, what he went through, he just-" Elijah stopped to take drink "He just got up and got on with it, he still smiled, still challenged me to duals with swords, went to work and had time for Rebekah when she pestered us" Rebekah smiled

"If anything Caroline brought a light back into my brother I haven't seen since we were human. She brings out his human side, his caring and kind side that you have yet to witness. His laugh is different, his real one is now clear, his eyes shine brighter, features no longer hardened by the burden of our father trying to hunt him down like an animal. He's my brother and I will do what it takes to help him keep his humanity. That key to his humanity is that girl who has yet to wake up who is laying in a bed upstairs" he said as he stood placing the empty glass on the table in front of him. "Come Rebekah, Niklaus needs us" he said as Rebekah followed her elder brother silently wiping tears from her eyes.

"Marcel" Klaus called as he approached the tall dark man across the bar. His men stood in a protective half circle behind him ready to fight. The men stood watching the interaction between the pair, getting ready to fight if necessary but still not knowing the true strength of Niklaus Mikaelson.

"Klaus, well if I'd known you were back in town, If I had a heads up-" Marcel was cut off

"What? What would you have done Marcel?" he asked in a threatening tone.

"I'd have thrown you a damn parade" he then broke into a smile as he embraced Klaus in a hug. He leaned back his hands still holding his face "Niklaus Mikaelson, my mentor, my saviour, my sire" Klaus smiled back at him "Let's get you a drink, my old friend" he said as he slung an arm around his shoulder gesturing towards the bar.

"There's something off about you. Something different" Marcel said as he placed a shot in front of Klaus. Marcel studied his friend "You've flipped the switch again, that much is obvious. But as to why?" he said as he waited for Klaus to start talking. Silence between the pair as they knocked back a round of shots.

"A blonde baby vampire" Marcel smirked at Klaus' words

"Let me guess, she broke your heart? Come on Klaus, your the big bad, show her who's boss" Marcell teased with a wink. "Love ain't so bad" he said gesturing towards the blonde human behind the counter

"You and a human?" Klaus eye's widened Marcel nodded. "You obviously didn't listen when I said love was a vampire's- Marcel cut off Klaus "greatest weakness? Yeah I heard that more times that I can probably count but I after a few hundred years, your life gets boring by bedding women for the sake of it. Maybe I can meet this blonde baby vampire that has my sire all worked up?" Klaus growled "NO"

"Possessive? Apparently some women find that shit sexy? I'd say you can work it though man. You're good looking dude" Klaus looked baffled at Marcel "Too soon ?" he smirked at his own jokes making Klaus mad. Marcel watched as Marcel grabbed one of friends and protectors and bit him "What are you doing man?"

"You see Marcel, I'm gone beyond having a joke" he dropped the man to the ground his face covered in blood and his fangs on delay while his eyes glowed a yellow golden colour. "Enjoy your drink 'old friend'" he smirked as he walked off wiping the blood with his hand. Marcel helped his protector to his feet and noticed the bite getting worse "Devon"

"Yes Marcel?" he sped to his side helping with Luke.

"Here, Call Elijah and tell him that Klaus has gone psycho and I need Luke healed pronto" he said as he tossed his phone to his other sidekick and close friend. "Hurry, he won't last long, that was a serious bite"

"You got it boss"

"Rebekah, pack a few things, no pack most of your clothes" Elijah said as sped around the house picking up a few things and taking them out to the SUV out front.

"Why?" she asked her older brother "Elijah? What's going on?"

"Niklaus is in New Orléans and has begun a massacre on innocent people and he is also infecting every supernatural in sight.

"But what about Caroline?"

"She's still here, when she wakes I will collect her and take her to Klaus myself. I know she wants to see him and maybe that will help us-" he trailed off in thought "Rebekah, I know what's wrong with Caroline"

"You can get her to wake up? Well get moving because our brother has gone nuts again" she said throwing her hands up in the air

"Here fill a large vile with a couple of drops of your blood, some of Niklaus' that has been left over from the hybrid spree and here is mine. Send it over to the Salvatore's and get back here. We can get Caroline after a day or two's rest away from all of this"

"Okay Lijah"

"Rebekah?"

"Yes?"

"We need our family back as one again, so don't delay Bekah" he smiled softly at his baby sister