This one-shot is more about Rebekah and Caroline but of course Klaus is there too, let me know what you think!
Rebekah was walking up the driveway to her home, she was returning from the grill, ever since she had made Matt drive off the bridge causing Elena's death he had not spoken to her, that didn't stop her trying though, when she saw someone lay on the gravel, she narrowed her eyes and looked around, listening carefully to make sure there was no danger, after all it wasn't every day someone lay on the Mikaelson driveway. As she neared the body she saw it was a woman, she was curled up on her side and was barely breathing, Rebekah furrowed her brows, what the hell was going on?
The woman coughed and vomited causing blood to pour from her mouth and that's when Rebekah saw who the woman was; Caroline. She hurried toward the girl and looked down at her,
"Caroline?" she asked, hoping the girl would answer, why did she have to be the one to find her? If she didn't help her she knew her brother Nik would dagger her again,
Caroline didn't answer or make any movements to acknowledge Rebekah's presence, so the blond nudged her with her heel, hoping to bring some life to her; she saw Caroline had blood covering her chin and mouth from where she had been vomiting. Caroline whimpered and Rebekah sighed but bent down to help the girl up, she couldn't leave her here, besides she wanted to know what had happened,
"Caroline can you hear me? It's Rebekah, I'm going to get you inside" Rebekah asked whilst lifting the girls arm around her shoulder, she supported her weight as Caroline got to her feet and then collapsed again, Rebekah caught her and put her arm around the girls waist, she tried to be gentle but found herself practically dragging Caroline's lifeless body in to the house, Rebekah dropped Caroline onto the nearest sofa before racing into the other room to get a bin, she didn't want any blood or vomit to go on the carpet and she would not be cleaning it if it did,
"Here, if you're going to be sick, use this" she said putting the bin next to the sofa before sitting on the table in front of Caroline, the girls top was covered in blood and the back of her left hand.
Rebekah watched Caroline as her eyes rolled back into her head and her head dropped onto the sofa, Rebekah leaned forward and gently slapped the girls face trying to wake her up, she didn't know what was wrong with Caroline but she was sure sleeping wasn't a good idea, Caroline didn't respond so Rebekah flashed to the fridge getting out a blood bag, it was the doppelgangers blood but she needed something to bring Caroline back to life, she was sure Nik wouldn't mind if it was to save his crush, as she flashed back into the lounge she poured some blood into Caroline's mouth and leaned back waiting for something to happen, she sighed to herself, why was she even bothering, she didn't like Caroline and never had so why should she bother saving her? Caroline coughed snapping Rebekah out of her thoughts and she focused back onto the blond, who looked a little more alive and was pushing herself up,
"What the hell happened?" Caroline whispered putting a hand to her head and scrunching up her face as if she was still in pain,
"That's what I want to know, I found you on the driveway"
Caroline looked deep in thought as though she was trying to remember the events before she had ended up here, Rebekah held out the blood bag to her, drinking more blood would help her heal quicker and she might remember better, Caroline took the blood and said,
"Thanks" before sipping the blood, Rebekah decided to keep the fact that it was the doppelgangers blood to herself,
"He's a hunter" Rebekah looked at Caroline and couldn't help but ask,
"Then why didn't he kill you?"
"He wanted to warn all the vampires in town"
"So doing this to you was a warning?" Rebekah asked and watched as Caroline's eyes gloss over, she looked heartbroken, Rebekah wondered why she was so upset, ok she had been tortured but she was still alive,
"I'm always the one they use to send a message" Caroline whispered and seemed to snap herself out of whatever she was feeling because she looked at Rebekah and said,
"Thank you, for making sure I was alive and not just leaving me" Rebekah hadn't been thanked for anything in many years so she didn't know how to reply, she also felt something for the girl when she spoke about being used by others, she understood that, so she simply nodded at the blond and watched as Caroline stood up, she seemed healed now, Caroline made her way to the front door before she swayed and slowed down before dropping to the floor, Rebekah flashed over just in time to catch Caroline's head before it hit the floor, Caroline's eyes were closed and she was vomiting blood again, her body was shaking and Rebekah didn't know what to do, she couldn't exactly call any of Caroline's friends to come help they hated her and she hated them and refused to have them in her home no matter the circumstances, but she couldn't leave Caroline in this state, especially after Caroline had thanked her, she sighed and pulled her phone from her pocket texting the one person who would drop everything to help the girl, Nik.
Rebekah picked up Caroline's lifeless body and put her back on the sofa, the girl was still shaking, so Rebekah felt her head, she was burning up but looked cold, Rebekah sighed putting her head in her hands, she didn't know how to help her, all she could do was sit and wait for her brother. Caroline groaned and Rebekah leaned forward holding up the bin for the girl and pulling back her blond hair from the blood the poured from her mouth, Rebekah heard Nik come through the front door at that moment and say,
"Bekah, what is so urgent I needed to be home immediately?"
Rebekah placed the bin on the floor as Caroline lay back down, she had not opened her eyes since collapsing and Rebekah assumed she was unconscious,
"Why is there blood on my floor?" Nik asked walking into the room; Rebekah looked at him saying,
"It's Caroline; I don't know what's wrong with her, I found her on the driveway, she was ok before but then collapsed and hasn't woken up since"
"Who did this to her?" Her brother's voice became firm and Rebekah knew he was concerned for the baby vampire; he came to her side and wiped Caroline's hair from her lifeless face,
"She said he is a hunter, he did it to send a message to the vampires of Mystic Falls, what's wrong with her Nik?"
Rebekah watched her brother sigh and run his hand through his hair, when he spoke his voice was no longer as aggressive instead was full of concern,
"Hunter's use a poison, it makes the vampire vomit blood they drink, causing the body to become unsure of temperature and weak it also causes hallucinations"
"Will it kill her?" Rebekah had encountered hunters before many centuries ago along with her brothers but had not been aware they had their own poisons,
"No, but it will cause her pain" Rebekah nodded and Nik continued,
"She will stay here until the poison has left her body" Rebekah nodded again before Caroline vomited again, Rebekah once again held her hair whilst her brother sat with Caroline saying
"Don't worry sweetheart, you're going to be ok."
Rebekah was sat with Caroline in the spare bedroom; her brother had carried the blond up here after explaining about the poison. Caroline had been in and out of consciousness for the past few hours and Nik was out looking for the hunter, so Rebekah was left on babysitting duties, she was sat on the chair next to the bed with her feet up, when Caroline mumbled,
"Daddy"
"What? Caroline, it's Rebekah"
"Daddy, I'm sorry" Caroline's eyes were fluttering behind her eyelashes and Rebekah sighed, she was obviously hallucinating, Nik hadn't told her what to do if this happened so she stayed in the chair hoping Caroline would fall back to sleep,
"NO, I'm not bad I promise, I don't kill anyone, please don't do this dad, the sunlight hurts, please, I can control myself" Caroline was thrashing around in the bed as if trying to escape her hallucination, Rebekah got up and held the girl down so she didn't hurt herself more, Caroline had tears falling from her closed eyes as she whispered once more,
"Please, don't try and fix me daddy" she stopped moving and Rebekah was curious, what was the girl talking about? She decided to enter the girl's hallucination and found herself stood in the corner of a dark room, Caroline was chained to a chair with her back to Rebekah and a man was stood in front of Caroline holding a rope which fell from the ceiling,
"I'm sorry Care-bear, it's for the best" he spoke before pulling on the rope and opening the large window allowing sunlight to pour into the room, Caroline's skin started to burn and she began screaming and crying, Rebekah gasped and pulled herself out of the dream, she let go of Caroline before sitting back on the chair, she thought about Caroline's memory, maybe they had more in common than their hair color, after all Rebekah's father had been just as cruel.
Nik came into the bedroom and Rebekah stood up, freeing the chair for him he sat down and she said,
"Did you find him?"
"No, but I will, how is she?"
"She's been hallucinating, I had to hold her down but she hasn't woken up"
Nik nodded and Rebekah sat on the window ledge with her back to her brother and Caroline, she looked out into the garden, it was a cloudy day and the wind was making the trees sway, Rebekah let her mind wonder to what she saw, Caroline seemed so strong and positive, it was one of the things Rebekah didn't like about her, she led a perfect life but now she realized she didn't, she was beginning to think there was much more to Caroline than the girl would ever let anyone know.
Caroline vomited again, and Rebekah turned to face the bed watching her brother wipe the girls chin, Caroline pulled away from Nik's touch and her face scrunched up,
Nik pulled his hand away but instead took her hand, Caroline's eyes fluttered open and she looked around the room,
"Klaus?" he smiled and replied,
"It's ok love, you're safe"
"Where's Rebekah?" she croaked out and Rebekah's eyebrows shot up, why did the girl want her?
"I'm here" she replied still sitting by the window,
Caroline simply nodded and closed her eyes for a minute, when she reopened them she said,
"What happened?"
"You've been poisoned by the hunter; but you're going to be ok, i'll keep you safe"
"I trust you" she whispered to Nik and Rebekah watched as Nik smiled slightly, Rebekah knew he cared for the girl, even if he would never admit it, although now she was more accepting of them, she had a feeling Caroline was going to be good for her brother.
"I think I need blood" Caroline groaned and Rebekah got up flashing to the lounge and getting the blood bag from earlier, she raced back into the bedroom and passed it to Caroline who was trying to sit up, Nik helped her by holding her up with his arms and she began to drink slowly, Rebekah watched as color began to fill the girls skin again, she looked healthier and healed again although Rebekah didn't believe it, she watched this happen earlier before things had gone bad, Caroline finished the bag and placed it on the bed, she had strength back and was sat up without Nik's help although he had not left her side.
Rebekah left the two alone to go and get some clean clothes for Caroline since hers were stained with blood; she went into her bedroom and heard Caroline say,
"How long have I been here?"
"About 5 hours, what happened love?"
"I don't know, I woke up in a place I didn't recognize with this guy telling me I had to send a message to everyone before he staked me and force me to drink something, I woke up with Rebekah"
"What was the message?"
"Mystic Falls isn't safe for vampire anymore"
Rebekah listened to Nik sigh and decided to stop listening to give them some real privacy, she went into her wardrobe picking out a new pair of jeans and a jumper for Caroline to wear, it was nothing fancy but it would be more comfortable than her current clothing, Rebekah folded up the clothing and walked back to the spare bedroom, she knocked and entered, setting the clothes on the end of the bed she saw Nik was still holding Caroline's hands,
"You're about the same size as me so I picked out a new outfit if you want to shower" Rebekah said to Caroline who smiled in response and said,
"Thanks, can I talk to you in private?"
Rebekah looked at her brother, who looked between the two girls confused before nodding and leaving the room, closing the door behind him,
"I just wanted to thank you for real, we've never gotten on but you helped me when you didn't need to you could have just called Stefan or someone to get me, so I owe you" Caroline smiled and Rebekah sat on the bed replying,
"I wouldn't have lived until tomorrow if I just called Stefan or left you, my brother has a soft spot for you, but you're welcome, I hope you're feeling better" she smiled tightly at the girl before standing up and leaving the room for her to shower.
Rebekah thought about her brother, it was about time he found someone to make him happy, and she had a feeling Caroline was going to be that girl, she knew the blond was going to be a big part of their lives now.
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