The Rescue
Description: Klaus needs to save his Caroline, but will Bonnie let him? Even if he gets there on time, will it be too late?
Warning: Just a tad bit dark in the beginning.
Caroline has four stakes that immobilize her from fighting anymore. The vervain continues to burn off her skin, while blood drips down every cut. She is powerless, but awake and can feel every stake burning on the inside. The two in her side hips prevent her from moving her legs. The two stakes wedged into her shoulders prohibit her from moving her upper body and head. Any time she tries to look up she experiences intense pain all over her body.
Her tears still fall to the ground as Kol gets ready for his finale.
"Aw, are you in pain? Do you know what it feels like to have a stake through your heart? I do! It's awfully painful, but after experiencing that, I know what every one of my stake kills will feel." He walks over to Caroline and starts to whisper in her ear, "It feels like someone just tears out your soul and you see your life slowly slip away from you," before upper cutting the stake into her stomach. She gags at the pain, but this time doesn't have enough strength to let out a scream.
"This last stake, this one is for Niklaus, in honor of my brother." He says looking at the stake roughly sad and ashamed. He then turns around to Caroline and puts that menacing smirk back on. He picks up the bucket of vervain and dips the tip in it. "Well I won't be needing this anymore." He smirks and throws the rest of the vervain onto her body. He watches as her body burns and turns bright red. Caroline squirms in every direction feeling the pain of the vervain soaking into her body and the stakes shifting on her sides. She lets out a murderous screech, which gives Kol the biggest smile.
Kol leans onto the bed and lets the vervain drip off the final stake onto her chest making little smoke holes in her skin. She is crying and let terror fill her eyes. She feels sorry for playing Klaus and for not giving him the proper 'thanks for saving me' kind of speech he deserved.
"I'm sorry Klaus!" She cries out as her last words.
"For Niklaus!" Kol says with watery eyes. He raises his arm and swiftly brings it down to her chest. Before the stake pierces her skin, his movement is stopped by a strong grip.
"Kol!" An angry voice rises behind him. Before Kol knew it he is tossed across the room and staked himself. Kol lets out a grunt of pain while he is forcefully pinned up against the wall. He then locks eyes with the man he was just 'honoring'. (Bonnie allowed Klaus to switch back into his original body. Only through a deal of course; he had to agree with leaving all of her friends alone. Klaus did willingly for he had his family and he soon knew he'd have Caroline.)
"Nik!" Kol says almost angrily. "Your—GAH!" Kol screeches. Klaus sticks his hand inside Kol's body and grabs onto one of his organs. "keh—I guess you do keep your word brother." Klaus rips out Kol's liver and tosses it to the side. Kol belts out a cry of pain but still manages to say, "She betrayed you."
"Leave, now." Klaus says heatedly.
"Pathetic." Kol spits out. Klaus becomes furious at his little brother and tosses Kol through the window. Klaus watches as he sees the glass shattering and his brother falling. He knew Kol would leave after that. Klaus stands there watching for a second and then hears Caroline cough. He blurs over to Caroline and clears his throat. His bright blue eyes turn yellow as he goes to bite his wrist. He let the blood drip out and then forces it over Caroline's lips. She latches onto it like no tomorrow. He watches as the vervain marks start to deplete. He takes the blood away from her and went to rip the ropes of her hands. He continues to rip off the ropes wrapped around her ankle. The vervain soaked in her bra and underwear still burned her, but he knows he can't remove those yet. While looking at her clothes he notices how hard Caroline is gasping for air and feels terrible that Kol did this out of spite and revenge.
By now, most of the burn marks had healed, but he still has to deal with the stakes. She starts crying out in pain, for the stakes hurt like hell. "Shh, shh Caroline, save your strength love." He whispers to her, but she continues to cry in agony. He grabs onto the right stake that was placed in her hip.
"Please don't." She whimpers. The state she was in killed him, her broken voice was all it took to make him tear up. "It hurts." She continues to whine and cry.
"I'm sorry love, I have too." He wraps his left arm around the back of her head for support and then tears out the stake with his right hand. She screams out in distress. She feels her tears falling down her face like a waterfall and then feels other teardrops falling onto her face. (She still hasn't realized who her savior is, even though Klaus fed her his blood, it hadn't registered in her mind that it was him.) Before she has the time to adjust her eyes she let out another scream when Klaus rips out the left stake. "Shh, sweetheart please." He says with sadness in his voice.
Klaus takes a deep breath and then quickly yanks out the two stakes in her shoulders. She lets out a screech and grabs onto his t-shirt, ripping it a bit. He adjusts his body and places his hands around the final stake. She still hasn't let go of his shirt and her eyes remain shut for she knew that last one would be the most painful. She grips harder down on his shirt and in that moment he rips out the last stake. She lets out her last painful shriek and then cried even harder.
Klaus cups her face and tells her to open her eyes. She tries to, but there are so many tears. He attempts to wipe them off with his thumbs, but the tears keep flowing. "Caroline sweetheart, I need you to wrap your arms around my neck. Ok love?" Caroline nods and starts to get a hold of herself.
She can feels someone's hands going to pick her up. She felt the safe strong arms wrap under her thighs and around her body. She basically throws herself around him and embraces his presence. She runs her fingers through his short curls and grabs onto the back of his shirt. She was happy that he rescued her for it opened her eyes and her heart. She doesn't care what her friends think.
And even though she knows it is wrong, she couldn't feel anymore safe being wrapped in Klaus's arms.
