A/N: Hi all! Thank you all so much for the comments so far. It really encourages me to continue on with this story. I decided to post this chapter quickly so there might be lots of typos scattered here and there. Hope you'll like it anyways.

Before she left the bar with Klaus, Caroline turned around to face Matt. She couldn't risk telling him what she so desperately wanted her friend to do, in case Klaus would be listening, so she looked in Matt's eyes lifting her eyebrows and then stared at his cellphone that had been resting on the nearest pool table, before Klaus had interrupted them. She then looked back into his blue eyes and hoped he'd understand she wanted him to use it to contact Damon. She wasn't sure if she'd need the eldest Salvatore's help at the Lockwood cellar but she didn't want to take a chance. "Please call Damon", she thought hard, as if she could engrave her thoughts into his head. She thought she could distinguish understanding on his face before she turned around and made her way out the bar holding her head high. She passed by Klaus, who was leaning on the bar counter, waiting for her. She knew he wouldn't attack Matt, now that she had told him to leave the human boy alone.

Klaus still didn't lose the opportunity to give the busboy a very intimidating look before following the blond vampire out the main entrance door. He walked silently behind her, watching her long blond curls bounced up and down her back. He was hypnotized by her and soon couldn't resist the urge to talk to her, he needed to hear her beautiful voice again.

"Well sweetheart, I can't tell you how happy I am you're ready to come on a road trip with me" he said.

They had reached Caroline's car and she got on the driver's seat not bothering looking at him when she spoke.

"Can we not talk to each other, please" she said, after starting the engine. She seemed solicitous.

"Oh come on", he said, sitting next to her on the passenger seat. "Aren't you excited to go on a little adventure?" He asked trying to cheer her up.

"The only reason I suggested to take you to the place Rebekah's coffin is hidden, was just to get you out of the bar so you wouldn't rip Matt's heart out."

"Here's an interesting idea", he said. "Turn around Caroline; I'd love to show that boy a few pointers on how to respect his elders."

She finally took her eyes off the road and looked at him with a deadly stare.

"Don't you dare hurt any more of my friends" she said, pointing at him, hatred sounding in her voice.

He smiled at her, she was so endearing when she put on her threatening look. She turned her head back to face the road, presumably ready to ignore him once again. He had to brace himself for what he was about to ask her.

"Tell me Caroline", he started. She sighed heavily, why couldn't he just understand she wanted him to keep quiet. "How did you come to know the location of Rebekah's body?"

She almost hit the breaks in shock. She wondered how much he had heard from her conversation with Matt? She never acknowledged she knew Tyler's plan when she met with Klaus that morning. Instead she had pointed an accusing finger at him. Back at The Grill she had hoped he would have thought she didn't know anything about it. She had felt they had built some sort of friendship over the past few days and she had to admit she didn't want to lose it.

She knew he was the town's designated villain, and yet, even after last night's events, she had a hard time picturing him as nothing more than the bad guy. After all, he had showed her his human side and best of all, she had laughed with him at the pageant. She had felt like she hadn't had such a good time and laughed with someone in a very long time. She had to admit to herself that the guy had sneakily gotten under her skin and she just couldn't shake him off.

She glanced nervously at him from the corner of her eyes, and saw he was now the one looking out the window. Looking at his profile, she could see that his jaw was clenched and his eyes had lost their cheerful look. He was deadly serious and she found she just couldn't bring herself to lie to him anymore.

"What is it you really want to know Klaus?" she asked. They were getting closer to their destination and she was getting nervous with every minute that passed.

He scoffed at her and kept his gaze away, out on the road.

"Did you know about Tyler's plan?" he finally said.

She kept her eyes on the road when she answered.

"Yes I did" she said. She could feel the tension build up in the car and couldn't take it much longer. "Listen I'm not proud of it, okay? Tyler told me about his plan to kill you. He was going to sacrifice himself in order to rid the town of the menace you are. So, I couldn't let him do that, and I came with the idea to put you into Rebekah's body instead."

"So you couldn't let your ex-boyfriend sacrifice himself, and yet you had no remorse whatsoever to let me be killed", he said his voice low and she knew he felt betrayed. "I take it you didn't even lift a finger to stop them from killing me?"

"Well it's not like you show everyone around you what a good guy you can be. I'm the only one who has that chance. The rest of the town sees you as a murderous evil guy! It's your fault people hate you, Klaus. What good would my word have been against all of them?"

"Yet you didn't feel the need to warn me".

"What good would that have done", she almost yelled back at him. They had just arrived the farthest the road could take them by car. They would now need to walk across the forest, all the way to the Lockwood cellar just a few minutes from where they were.

Klaus got out of the car, and Caroline did the same.

"I'm not done explaining myself" she said, before she was pushed back against the car. Klaus was looking at her, frustration plastered all over his features. She was reminded of their encounter that morning and could feel yet again the excitement building up in her body.

"I'm done listening. You've done your part by bringing me here, you can leave now" he said gravely.

She was taken aback by his aggressiveness. "You're not going in there alone", she told him. "Stefan's in there and he might be in trouble. Plus, I have to finish what I started with april and compel her".

He stared at her. It was clear she was challenging him to deny her the right to help her friend.

"Fine, but I don't want you in my way when I get things settled with Rebekah in there, am I being clear" She nodded. His body was so close to hers she had to fight the urge to reach out her hand and move one of his rebellious sandy curls away from his forehead. She never looked down and held his gaze until he was the one looking away.

He then stepped a few feet away and motioned for her to follow him in silence to the edge of the forest.

They entered the cellar cautiously. Klaus was not afraid of Rebekah one bit, yet he knew she would be pissed off at him for daggering her once again. Plus, he remembered using Stefan to lure her into giving them the location of the Hunter's sword. He couldn't help but think that he did all this to her even if he loved his baby sister dearly. Maybe Caroline could still develop feelings for him, even if she had planned his death with her friends multiple times. He pushed that thought away as fast as it came to him; he needed to stay focused on his task. Rebekah needed to be neutralized before she turned the whole town upside down to satisfy her taste for revenge.

Caroline was right behind him and he could feel her warm breath on the back of his neck. She had taken her heels off so she wouldn't make a noisy entrance The first thing he noticed was the faint moan coming from somewhere in front of them. Stefan, no doubt. The cellar was pitch-black, but he could still make out the room in front of him, all thanks to his heightened hybrid senses. He had no problem spotting Stefan's crunched figure on the ground a few feet away from their location. Although he knew she couldn't see as clearly as he could, he sensed Caroline's body tensing up behind him. She had definitely recognized Stefan's voice. He grabbed Caroline's hand, before she decided to rush in there, and help the poor soul. He turned to look at her and saw she was about to give him hell for stopping her. He hastily put a finger on her lips silencing her instantly. He then brought his forefinger to his ear, tapping twice on it then away from his head, reminding her that Rebekah, if she was still there, could easily hear them. His dear sister was undoubtedly planning an attack on them and although she was weaker than him, she could still easily kill Caroline. Even after all the younger vampire had put him through, he just could not bear the thought of losing her.

Without letting her small hand off his strong grip, he pulled her closer to him and made his way silently closer to where Stefan was lying on the floor. He could smell the younger Salvatore's blood mixing up with his hybrid Kimberley's. The young hybrid girl had been the last one of his little army to die at his hand the night before and he felt a small pang of guilt spread its way up his chest. He instantly shut down his emotions pushing the unwelcomed feelings away. He smelled the air again trying to detect his sister's familiar scent and after deciding the coast was clear, he released Caroline's hand and nodded in agreement for her to go help her friend.

Caroline ran up to Stefan's body and was grateful when she realized Klaus was standing guard behind them. She thought it was funny how she felt safe when she was around him. She scanned Stefan's body to find the source of her friend's bleeding. It was so dark in the cellar even her vampiric eyesight didn't help her much. She was grateful Stefan was still alive even if he was in a very bad shape. She finally found the Silver Stake, the one that Klaus had used on his Original bitch of a sister, plunged into Stefan's stomach. She grabbed it and pulled as hard as she could on it.

As soon as the stake left his body, Stefan snapped out of his lethargy and opened his eyes letting out another big groan of pain. He looked at his surroundings before resting his gaze on Klaus and then on Caroline.

"Caroline, he said, April's dead". He was looking past her to her right where she supposed the new Miss Mystic Fall's body was. She could sense he was sorry to announce the death of another person she knew amongst the town's inhabitants. "She was dead when I arrived", he continued. "Rebekah had already killed her but I think she regretted doing it. I guess she couldn't resist the urge to rip someone's throat out when she woke up."

He looked at Klaus before adding "She's pretty unhappy with us at the moment, as you can see" he gestured to his bleeding wound that was just starting to heal.

"I can see that, mate". Caroline thought she saw concern in Klaus' eyes and that frightened her more than she could admit.

"We need to get you out of here" she said, helping Stefan stand up. She then turned around to where April's body was. She looked at the cute brunettes' glassy expression. She leaned in front of the girl's body and closed April's eyes with her fingers, and stood back up, sighting heavily. She looked up at Klaus' face and read something like curiosity cross his face. She just looked back at him, daring him to make one stupid comment about her need to show humanity in the situation. Instead, he just kept on staring and finally just genuinely smiled at her. Then, without a warning, his expression changed to horror, and before he could warn her, a strong hand grabbed her throat from behind. She then felt another arm creep out from behind her, and a hand holding an improvised wooden stake made its way right in front of her dead heart. She was too stunned to react or even just to be scared, but as soon as she saw Klaus' expression darken she slowly started to panic.

"Rebekah", he said. "There you are dear sister. Were you playing hide and seek with us, love?"

"Shut up Nick" she spat back. "I'm sick and tired of you using me as your personal voodoo doll. You can't just stab me as many times as you wish and get away with it that easily. How would you like it if I decided to stake dear Caroline here." She pressed the stake closer to Caroline, scratching the younger vampire's skin, and blood slowly started to trickle down her chest. Klaus immediately saw red and had to stop himself from flashing to Rebekah, rip Caroline off her grip, and then wrench her sister's heart out. He knew the younger Original was fast and she could easily kill Caroline before he even had time to move a muscle. He knew he had to control his temper, for Caroline's sake.

"Rebekah, don't do this", Stefan pleaded.

"Don't bother Stefan. You were in on the plan to play with my emotions in order to cure your precious Elena. I despise the both of you".

Caroline was scared to even move a muscle, as she was sure that if she tried, it wouldn't take Rebekah more than half a second to kill her. Still she was tired of being the one who got tortured or used as bait. She no longer was a weak human girl. It was time for her to act like the strong vampire she now was.

Klaus saw Caroline's features change and her new resolution cross her face. He couldn't help but yell out:

"Caroline, don't!"