V. "If there's no breaking then there's no healing, and if there's no healing then there's no learning." – One Tree Hill
"Agh!" Caroline screams
She struggles under the beast's inhumane strength as its jaws readily exposed at her, dripping trickles of blood on her face. Damon is on the floor after Caroline pushes him aside, Stefan helps him up and the two speeds their way towards Caroline in hope to rescue her.
Their strength is nothing comparing to the beast's, to the beast it is just a breeze. In a swift movement, the beast's tail swipes across and sends the two brothers flying across the woods. Caroline's arms start to shake and she is losing strength.
Caroline starts to recite some spells and her eyes turn pitch black. The wind starts to pick up and the sound of thunder spreads across the skies. Fire encircles around her and the beast then slowly the fire forms a sort of cage around them. One strike at a time, like a whip, the flames strike the beast. It groans in pain and growls at Caroline.
"Caroline!" Stefan and Damon shout out
"Stop it! You know what happens when you use your magic!" Stefan screams
"Just a little bit longer." Caroline cries out
"You'll lose your humanity!" Stefan reminds her
"Just a little more Stefan!"
When she is about to proceed with the last blow, the beast's eyes turns from a piercing yellow into a dark blood red, glaring at Caroline with intensity, striking fear down Caroline's spine. Suddenly, the moment she recites the first syllable, she is knocked off her feet, sent across the plane.
"Caroline!" Stefan cries out. The brothers chase after her bleeding body and help her up.
"What happened?" Damon asks
"I don't know. I couldn't recite my spells. It was like there's some form of force field." Caroline explains
"What the hell is that thing seriously?" Damon questions
"I have an idea." Caroline says
Caroline once again starts to recite a spell ignoring all of Stefan's warning he is currently yelling at her with. The beast falls down to its knees and starts to scream in pain. The blackness in Caroline's face starts to plague her face slowly spreading across following the patterns of her veins. Blood starts to escape from her nose and Stefan's cries are getting louder. The beast's screams of agony became ear shattering; the three could feel the vibration on the ground.
"Caroline that is enough!"
Stefan quickly shoves Caroline and interferes with her spells much to her annoyance. She pushes Stefan aside and before she could continue to beast is fully charging at her in the speed faster than they could comprehend. Stefan and Damon try to intervene but are blocked out. They could see the scratches forming around her body as she screams out in pain.
They see a flash and Caroline is in their arms. They look up to see Klaus in a protective stance in front of Caroline with Elijah scanning the plane. Klaus kneels down and scans over Caroline's panting body searching for any severe injuries, noticing her scars healing.
"What on earth is that beast?" Elijah says and Klaus turns to see it.
"I don't know. But it certainly doesn't like Barbie now." Damon comments
"You used your magic again didn't you?" Klaus asks looking at her blackened eyes
"Does it matter? Look at that thing Klaus. We cannot defeat it."
"You obviously don't remember who I am love."
"Klaus!" Caroline screams
He breathed heavily on the bed covered in sweat. The bellows of his callous father echoed through the house as his mother pleaded and begged his father for a doctor to come and see him. Rebekah had fallen asleep across the bed, staying up all night with him.
"And what are you doing here?" He heard his father say
"She came to help father. Free of charge." Elijah interjected
Elijah walked in with a cloaked woman. She gracefully removed the hood exposing the beauty she was, with her long blond locks and angelic blue eyes. Elijah left the room and she placed a soft touch on Rebekah who immediately woke up and removed herself from the room. She closed the curtains and sat on the chair next to Klaus, pulling out the herbs out of her basket.
"Caroline…" He said breathlessly
"Shhh, don't speak. You are weak." She said placing a cold cloth over his forehead
"You are ill Nik. I came here so I can heal you to health." She said softly, stroking his rugged cheeks while humming a mesmerizing tune
Elijah frantically brings Klaus back into the house catching the attention of the other tenants. Rebekah abruptly stands up and stares at Klaus with distraught written across her face. She runs over and helps Elijah carry Klaus to his bedroom. Caroline and the two Salvatore brothers are following the Originals right behind them.
Caroline watch as Klaus' ripped figure struggles under the pain arising from the deep grotesque scratch from the side. She couldn't help but feel guilty, worried…in fear. She shouldn't feel these emotions…she can't. But seeing him on the bed, wincing and suppressing his screams makes the emotions erupt in her. She glances away and feels a comforting hand on her back from Stefan.
"What happened?" Rebekah asks
"Some sort of beast attacked him." Elijah says
"A beast?"
"It was extraordinary. It had features I have never seen for over a thousand years."
As Elijah stands there describing the creature to Rebekah, Caroline starts to have random flashbacks going to through her mind. Of her running, of her scared, being chased…by some sort of monster. She shakes off her thoughts and tries to focus at the problem at hand.
"I have never heard of anything like that." Rebekah says
"Trying seeing it. It managed to harm Klaus." Elijah says
That's it. Caroline finally hit realization as to what the creature was; it was a, "Chimera." She thinks out loud.
"I'm sorry?" Stefan asks
"The creature. That beast. It's a chimera." Caroline says
"Those things are mythical." Rebekah comments
"So are vampires. And yet here we stand." Caroline responds.
"Even if chimeras are true. It takes an immense amount of magic and it is an unpredictable process and very dangerous." Elijah says
"I'm sorry but what the fuck is a chimera?" Damon interjects
"A creature that is formed by joining two or more bodies into one." Rebekah explains
"And I can think of one person who would have that much magic to create one." Caroline says
"Ester?" Elijah asks
"Ester."
"I don't care who created the damn thing! Can you heal him?" Rebekah asks
"Yes."
Caroline moves pass the people in the room and takes the seat next to Klaus. She rips open his bloody shirt, presenting a gory, deep cut and she could see the skin ripped apart and the flesh exposing. She hover her hand over his wound and whenever she touches it slightly he would wince. She takes in a deep breath.
Caroline softly starts to recite a spell with her eyes closed and her hands hovering over his wound. Her voice gets louder and the lit flames on the candles in his room are blown away and the lights start to flicker. A sudden gust of wind goes through the room and starts to encircle around Caroline, making her hair fly crazily. She opens her eyes and they witness as the blackness once again reigned over her.
Stefan steps forward but is stopped by Damon and Elijah while Rebekah in a moment of vulnerability grabs Elijah's hand for comfort. Caroline's voice is much louder now and Klaus is in agony as the pain became more and more excruciating. He screams in pain and arches his back. They all witness as the blood is drained out of him. It is the usual dark red color but with black and purple blotches infecting the blood.
The blackness spreads across the surroundings of Caroline's eye, following the intricate patterns of her veins. She could feel her humanity slowly going away as well as her sanity. Her hands start to shake a little and she starts to speak much louder than ever before and the blackness seems to have managed to get darker.
"She needs to stop." Stefan says
"No. Not yet." Elijah says
"You guys don't understand. If she continues she'll lose her—"
"Humanity. We know Stefan. But Caroline is strong." Elijah notes, "Just give it a few minutes."
Klaus wakes up to a pitch black room. He checks his sides and realizes that his wounds are starting to heal and he did not feel the slightest bit of pain anymore. The revolting purple black color is gone that once surrounded his cut. He looks around and wonders where everyone is, that's when he heard a scream.
He walks towards the living room to see Caroline strapped on a chair while Rebekah and Elijah holds her down and Stefan kneeling down at eye level in front of her with Damon behind him. She's screaming and kicking and Stefan hesitates and tries to touch her. That's when Klaus realizes the black abyss that plagues her eyes and the veins surrounding her eyes turn dark.
"Klaus." Rebekah calls out
"What is going on?" Klaus asks
"She exerted her powers. She's slowly losing her mind." Elijah says
"What?" Klaus says
"When Barbie here uses intense magic and voodoo, it starts to get to her. A curse shall we say. That if she uses strong magic her humanity and sanity start to deteriorate." Damon explains
"I know that you twit. I was merely stating as a shock not due to confusion." Klaus says
"Let go of me." Caroline sneers
"What do we do?" Rebekah asks
"I have an idea." Klaus interjects
He pushes everyone off of Caroline much to everyone's shock. Klaus picks Caroline up and rips all the restraints on her. He ignores all of their yelling and just stares at her eyes that lack the warmth it used to have. In a quick movement his kisses her while everyone stands there with wide eyes and gaped mouths, completely shocked by his actions.
Klaus continues on with his kiss and Caroline becomes less erratic then before. Slowly her body starts to soften and the blackness faded away. His hands move up and cup her face to deepen the kiss that she has reciprocated.
"Great. Watching Barbie and douche bag hybrid sucking face now." Damon comments
"Look. Her eyes." Stefan points out
When Klaus parts away, he is staring into those angelic blue eyes once again. Though, after that she loses consciousness and faints in his arms. He picks her up and as her head rests perfectly in the crook of his neck.
"How the hell did you know that was going to work?" Damon asks
"I didn't." Klaus says walking off
Klaus places Caroline on his bed and wraps her up under his covers. He pushes the strands of hair on her face away and caresses her face. He couldn't fight the smile creeping up on his face as he watches her peacefully sleep.
"Guess it's my turn to heal you to health sweet Caroline."
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