And due, yet again, to you, my amazing reviewers, I am back VERY early then intended! Your reviews honestly make me write so much faster, I have college again (I know...ick) so I wasn't planning to write this till the weekend then I got all of your incredible feedback and knew I had to write asap for you all! Please continue to do so you epic people, who all deserve a Jo Mo ;) ...I wish I had one.. *sighs* nope appartently its just textbooks for me...they don't even have pictures of Klaus! I'm not impressed.
Anyways before I rant as per usual I'm gonna take a step back and quickly say:
1.) Yep this chapter is a tad confusing but it all becomes clear as it goes on :)
2.) Klaus is like that at the end (don't worry no spoilers) because Niklaus has got through to him, he realises that his anger won't change anything ;) ...Ooopsie now you all know Klaus gets angry...actually...he usually gets angry... ;)
Now I shall run along and read my none JoMo textbook ... ENJOY! XD
Caroline moans in ecstasy as Niklaus's tongue flicks out against the soft spot near her ear and she breathes in sharply, her eyes closing in bliss.
She feels his soft breath on her neck and shudders, "This isn't right Caroline."
She pulls his face away from her neck and gazes at him, yet this time Klaus is the one she's holding, his eyes black and hungry, his hair shorter, he's captivated by her stare, "Does it matter?" Her husky breath brushes against his cheek and he smirks, "I don't care about what you've done anymore."
Klaus frowns, "That wasn't what I was referring to love, and you know it, you're just not accepting reality."
Caroline's brows creased slightly as her vision went slightly blurry and when it refocused it was Niklaus watching her. He smiled hesitantly and she moved her hands to rest on his hips as he lowered his head.
Her head is resting on the pillow, and her back arches when she feel's his tongue flick her nipple, he begins to suck on her breast and she almost forgets about his riddled words as she becomes lost in his touch and the sensation it brings.
"I do not understand what your problem is," Klaus sighed as he descended the stairs, "I mean listen mate, she was right there, willingly I may add, which is not an easy task to accomplish," He leant on the wall opposite the cell holding his past self, "And you decided to wreck any progress we have made with her because your just the slightest bit pissed off that I'm not an angel."
"Exactly," Niklaus muttered, rolling his eyes, "We. I am not willing to share a woman. Even if it is with myself," He slumped against the wall until he hit the floor with a painful thud and tugged on his hair in frustration, why couldn't he awake from this nightmare?
Klaus barked in laughter and when Niklaus raised his eyebrows he covered it up in a quick cough, remembering how he used to quarrel with Elijah over Tatia, how violent and alienated they had become because she was unable to choose between them. Soon Niklaus would have to endure her little game, Klaus didn't feel sympathy for him, he couldn't, he'd ruined his chances with Caroline. It could take another two centuries until she'd even let him glide her across the dance floor.
"Your insufferable and pathetic," Klaus spat and smiled as Niklaus flinched, "You are the reason why I hate humanity."
Niklaus breathed deeply and a sly smile appeared on his lips, "Caroline chose humanity."
Klaus stiffened and Niklaus grew more confident, he raked a hand through his hair and pushed it out of his eyes so he could look this man in the eye as he said, "How does it feel? Knowing that she'd never look at you the way she does at me?"
"You forget, I am you, and you are a shadow of me, the weak, stupid part that took me years to overcome."
"The part that Caroline started bringing back in your life. I'm in there somewhere aren't I, Klaus?"
Klaus can no longer stand the foul smirk on the human's mouth, mirroring his so exactly that he is stunned, he didn't realise his human side had so much malice. Or maybe this is what he inflicted on people, darkness.
Niklaus's smirk vanishes as Klaus rips the door from its hinges and he grabs him, lifting him in the air, his feet dangling, trying to reach the safety of the floor.
Klaus laughs at the panicked expression on his face but he immediately recognises it as the one he used to wear in front of an abusive Mikael. He drops the human to the floor and turns away from him, shutting his eyes, not allowing himself to succumb to the torturous memories.
"Where is Caroline?" Niklaus whispers, his body sagging on the floor as pain shoots through him.
Caroline runs her hands through Klaus's hair, grabbing him tightly as she kisses his neck and grins as he moans her name but when she slides her hands down to his jeans he stops her and she pouts.
"Caroline, wake up."
"I'm more awake then I've ever been."
She heard a cruel laugh behind her and whipped her head round to see Bonnie gasping for air, overcome by a fit of sarcastic giggles. When Caroline looks back to Klaus he is no longer there and she is just grasping air.
Realisation dawns on her and she flashes over to Bonnie, her embarrassment turns to anger and she stands before her, Bonnie finally straightens and hands Caroline her top which she puts on hurriedly.
"You seem to be out of that thing a lot," Bonnie remarked, running her hands along the wall of Klaus's tree house and they melted under her touch and Caroline found herself standing in her own bedroom.
"That was cruel," Caroline spat but then she softened, "We're best friends Bonnie," She reached out her hand towards her but Bonnie recoiled, "This dark magic, it's changing you."
"He's changing you!" Bonnie roared and then crossed her arms, "But which one? You can't have both, or are they truly the same person? Do you care? They're both beasts, they're not men, one's already a walking killing machine and the other soon will be, interesting choice right there Care," Caroline stepped back watching as Bonnie's eyes turned dark, "But now I've let you indulge in your sick fantasy with both of them it's time to wake up."
"Wake up? I'm fucking awake!" Caroline screamed motioning to the room around her but when Bonnie changed the scenery to the Grill her mouth formed an 'O' shape, "Why would you do that to me? Why would you create that….scenario? Are you fucking perverted?"
"No, just tired; you're becoming Elena, it's boring, anyway Care who says I'm still not your friend even though you've clearly chosen the enemy? I-"
"I have not!"
"What I created for you is better then reality, which actually," Bonnie looked at her watch and back at Caroline, "You need to be getting back to right now."
Caroline awoke with a gasp; as if she had just been pulled from water, she tried to push her hair away from her face but her hands collided with cold metal and she looked down to see that she was tied with handcuffs to a chair. She shuddered at the memory of her father torturing her and growled in fury, shaking the restraints to no avail.
"You're a coward!" She shouted to the empty air, taking in her surroundings and she gasped again when she recognised that the cold floors and the prison door belonged to the Salvatore brothers.
"Now, now," A female voice whispered behind her, "That's not polite."
The vampire strutted in front of her, she couldn't make out her facial features yet, she was surrounded in darkness but she recognised the taunting voice and stiffened.
"What do you want Katherine?"
"Well," She grinned stepping into the light in front of Caroline and raising her fingers as if she was making a checklist, "Stefan. Damon. Elena dead, she's hogging too much of their attention to be perfectly honest and of course," She said leaning against the chair and peering at Caroline, "Freedom from Klaus."
"That's nice," Caroline muttered trying not to show how much fear Katherine strikes into her dead heart, "How is me being tied to a chair going to help accomplish those impossible missions then?"
Katherine smirked at her and licked her lips, moving towards the doorway, "Well, after the way you whispered, Klaus! Oh Klaus," Katherine mimicked her in her dream state and Caroline gripped the sides of the chair in embarrassment, vowing to get petty revenge on Bonnie when her friend returned to her.
Katherine held a hand to her forehead, "Take me Klaus!"
Katherine dropped her hand and raised her eyebrows at Caroline, "Interesting development right there. It's so wrong…..yet right, I knew you had a dark edge."
Caroline bit her tongue and averted her gaze away from Katherine, she felt disgusted with herself, had she really been moaning his name? And why was it not Niklaus? Why was it just Klaus?
Katherine took a phone out of her pocket and flipped it open; Caroline recognised the crack on the screen when she had thrown it across the wall after Elena had called her with another Salvatore brother problem.
"That's mine!" She hissed struggling against her restraints once more.
Katherine rolled her eyes, "I realise that," She pressed several buttons at vampire speed and put the phone to her ear, giggling at a wide eyed Caroline.
"You're the reason why she's not here," Klaus muttered, "And don't cry, I don't need you embarrassing me further."
"Showing emotion embarrasses you?" Niklaus asked but before Klaus could answer he said, "What happens to us to make us like this?"
Klaus's phone rang and Niklaus sighed, "I have seen much activity from those devices to last me a lifetime," He looked at Klaus, "Or several."
Klaus retrieved his phone from his pocket and grinned ear to ear when he saw that the ringer was none other then Caroline, he showed the phone to Niklaus before answering the call.
"Caroline darling," He said, "Must you always run away after a little spat? That's most problematic for us."
"Oh Klaus I'm so sorry, I shall rush home to you and moan your name immediately," A teasing voice whispered back to him and his grin fell from his face and his grip on his phone tightened to the point where he almost broke it.
He took a deep breath before answering, "Now Katerina, you know this is not a wise choice. Let her go now and I won't kill you quite so painfully."
Niklaus was on his feet instantly, pressing his ear to the phone and Klaus tried not to push him away, it would probably hurt him as well if his human self was suddenly launched through a wall.
"I've had quite enough of hiding Klaus," Katherine said, "I don't want to keep having to watch my back every single fucking day of my life."
Niklaus opened his mouth but before he could utter a word Klaus clamped a hand over his mouth, the human struggled against him but Klaus ignored him.
"I can end your miserable existence tonight Katerina just watch me."
"You don't know where I am," She snickered and then Klaus distinctively heard Caroline gasp in shock and he heard her small plea through the phone before she screamed in agonising pain.
Katherine twisted the stake deeper into Caroline's shoulder and grinned, satisfied when she heard Klaus roar, she frowned when she heard a cry follow it but with the next stake hovering over Caroline's arm she forgot about it.
Tears gleamed in Caroline's eyes but she held them back, not wanting to give Katherine anymore satisfaction.
"Say I'm released from your pestering," Katherine said pulling the stake from Caroline's shoulder and smiling as the vampire screamed yet again, "Or I'll end her."
"Don't you dare," Klaus hissed, "I will never stop hunting you Katerina if you do this."
"Awwww to bad," Katherine said, throwing the stake in the air and catching it easily, but then all teasing was gone from her voice and the rest of her words came out with a hard tone, "You killed my family. I gave you a chance to save this….. thing. You didn't take it fast enough, you're so preoccupied with scaring people you know," She grinned at Caroline and said happily, "So your times up Mr, bye bye."
Caroline heard Klaus scream her name as the phone disconnected and she took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Whimpering slightly as she felt the air around her move, drawing the stake closer to her heart where it would pierce it and end her completely.
Klaus stood motionless, the phone slipping out of his grasp and hitting the floor, he released Niklaus from his hold and staggered towards the door, he grasped the handle and stopped when he heard his human self cry.
"You did it!" Niklaus cried, launching himself towards him.
Niklaus punched Klaus hard and the vampire fell weakly to the floor, Niklaus stood over him, his face contorted in rage and sadness, "Your pride ruined her! What's wrong with you? You thought you could gamble her life on your reputation?"
Niklaus kicked Klaus hard in the stomach but the vampire did nothing to defend himself, Niklaus clutched his stomach as the pain inflicted on him as well but he realised that he didn't care.
They deserved this.
He kicked Klaus again.
"Did you not love her?" He whispered, "I did. I LOVED HER!" He knelt down and punched Klaus in the face and felt blood trickle down his own nose, "I would have done anything to protect her!"
Klaus rolled over to face the ceiling, his face still a mask, he was still motionless, not reacting when Niklaus kicked him again and screeched, "YOU KILLED HER!"