A/N: Hey guys, yes a new chapter! I hope you guys will like it. See you at the bottom.

They all ran to the location shown on the map, following Elijah's lead. Thanks to Bonnie's power of persuasion over the young Hunter, Jeremy had agreed to go to the Lake House and wait for them to return. Elena had promised him they would all come back safe and sound.

Damon had taken Bonnie piggyback riding so they wouldn't be slowed down by her non-vampiric speed. Elena remained close to them keeping a protective eye on the both of them, hoping she wouldn't lose any one of her loved ones tonight.

Klaus and Caroline were running next to one another, Klaus having to slow his pace to stay at level with hers. He would not let her out of his sight tonight. Although he now decided to give his eldest brother his complete trust, he would never let his other siblings near the blond vampire ever again.

He glanced her way quickly noticing her stony expression. She might still hate him right now but he was sure she'd get over their latest spat soon. Their new relationship could not be over already, he would not permit it.

At first he had had no idea what his brother's plan had been all about, but noticing Elijah's confidence in it he had been won over by curiosity. He had taken a hold of his brother's arm and pretending a need for a brotherly discussion to the others, dragged him outside on the front lawn.

He had confronted Elijah pushing him to explain why they could now suddenly plan the freedom of the members of the Scooby Gang while a few minutes earlier he warned them to beware of rushing over there blindly.

Elijah had finally explained.

When he had gone to their siblings' hideout earlier that day he hadn't been welcomed to go around the house they had occupied, and so he hadn't known if there had been other people inside, except for Stefan who had still been tortured by Kol at the time. But now knowing that they were all together under the same roof made it less of a challenge for his plan to work.

So here it was, the infallible plan: they needed the witch of course, as she was now their most powerful ally being an Expression practitioner. Now with the help of Damon they could both neutralize Kol, while Klaus tried to talk Rebekah out of her non-sense. Elijah, Elena and Caroline would then free their friends and get them to safety should anything unfortunate happen with Kol and Rebekah. Elena would take care of Shane and Caroline take Matt to safety.

Elijah had handed Klaus his two silver daggers he had retrieved from the Mikealson' Manor along with the bottle containing the White Oak ashes, to use on Kol - and Rebekah, should she be hard to convince.

Elijah had then promised that, would it be deemed necessary, he would fly with their siblings' corpses to another country and wait a few years before undaggering them. Klaus had been seduced by the idea knowing that this would give Caroline a break from all the drama in her life. The only problem remaining would then be Tyler, which he could easily take care of himself.

Klaus had agreed to the plan and they had gotten back inside the Gilbert's house. Under the scrutinizing looks that met them when they walked in, they had agreed on telling the gang everything about the course of actions they'd need to take in the next few minutes.

"So we go around the house and wait for your signal, that's it?" Caroline murmured. "How are we going to get in?"

"The same way the Original psychos have" Damon answered. "Probably killed the owners before they used this place as their hideout."

"Actually this place is one of our old family houses" Klaus said.

"Wow must be very old then..." Damon remarked.

"A few hundreds of years. A witch casted a preservation spell on the house" Elijah said.

"Wait! What? You already had a house close to Mystic Falls? Why did you have that big Manor built in our town then?" Caroline asked.

"Because I wanted something big enough for my whole family to live in. This place is puny."

Caroline looked at the bungalow a few meters away. It was a decent size, as big as the house her dad had had with Steven in Georgia. She rolled her eyes at Klaus, before Elijah then motioned for her and Elena to follow him around to the back of the house.

Klaus looked at their retreating figures, hoping he hadn't put her in more danger, leaving her with Elijah.

"Okay witch, it's time for you to do your thing" Klaus said looking at Bonnie's determined face.

Bonnie straightened up and started muttering words under her breath.

"They have no protective barriers on" she breathed. "No witch inside or in the surroundings that I can sense. I've put up a protection spell on all of us but all I can promise is that if you get staked, you might not die" she said looking apologetically at Damon.

"Good enough" Klaus said, noticing Damon looking at him with narrowed eyes, he gave him a crooked smile. He knew he couldn't die from a stake in the heart, unless his sister had gotten her hands on the White Oak stake, which he knew the Salvatores had in their possession. Damon had confirmed the stake was in a safe place, refusing to give its exact location away.

Klaus took hold of the dagger his brother had lent him and placed it in his jeans' back pocket. Damon had the other dipped dagger in his possession and he knew he was not to use it unless it was unavoidable. Knowing the younger vampire's recklessness Klaus knew he'd have to keep a close eye on the eldest Salvatore tonight.

"Let's go" he said.

They marched up to the front yard Bonnie working her magic to make them invisible to any prying eyes. She magically unlocked the door and they silently walked in single file, Klaus leading the group.

Caroline walked across forest of trees surrounding the house, trying to conceive their presence to the inhabitants of the house. Elena was next to her while Elijah walked a few feet in front of them.

Suddenly Caroline heard a twig snap behind her and she spun around before she was slammed against a tree trunk.

"Caroline!" Elena cried.

Caroline looked at her friend and noticed Elijah had disappeared from the spot he had occupied two seconds ago. Had he fled? Was this a part of a double cross against her friends. She felt her assailant's breath on her neck and she kicked him in his private parts putting all her strength into the hit. He doubled back and Elena came running with a broken branch in her hand, ready to stake the attacker with it. Before she was able to do so though, he grabbed her by the throat and brought her down on her back, the point of her makeshift resting against her chest.

"Tyler!" Caroline cried out, finally making out his features in the darkness.

"Make one sudden move and she's dead, Care" he said, loathing sounding in his voice.

"Stop it Tyler! This isn't you. You are not this mad person I see in front of me."

"She's right Tyler, you're our friend" Elena tried.

"SHUT UP!" he yelled. "You" he pointed at Caroline "You destroyed me."

"What? Tyler, I'm sorry but..."

"You are with him now. Have you pledged your alliance to him while you two were romantically dancing last night or did you wait until you finally had him in your bed?" he spat.

Caroline's face went red. How could he know? Had he been spying on her?

"I didn't pledge alliance to anybody other than my friends. If you want to know, then here it is. I like Klaus. I feel good when I'm with him, well most of the time anyway. He treats me better than you have in the past months. He understands me and tries to learn stuff about me instead of always talking about him and his problems."

Tyler looked at her with disgust. "You think he cares about you? Don't you remember not that long ago you telling me he didn't care about anybody other than himself. Has he brainwashed you since then, or something?"

"I used to think that but not anymore. He and I aren't that different. Why do you care anyway, don't you hate me now?" She wanted to rush to him and push him away from Elena, but she didn't want to sign her friend's death warrant by doing so.

"I do" he said. He snapped the branch in two before twirling its smaller part between his fingers. He looked at Caroline and smiled. "I lost two of the most important people in my life because of Klaus, first my mom and then you. I will make him pay, and you will also suffer for your betrayal. Say goodbye to Elena, Caroline. Here lies Klaus' precious doppelganger and my ex-girlfriend's best friend."

As he drew his arm back taking his aim on Elena's heart and readied himself for the kill, Elijah emerged out of nowhere behind him and plunged his hand into Tyler's back, withdrawing it with the young hybrid's heart between his fingers. Caroline and Elena both let out a cry of despair at the sight of Tyler's body crashing to the ground.

"I think you ladies have just blown up our covers" he said nonchalantly pulling a handkerchief from his jacket's left inside pocket and wiping at his hands with it.

Caroline stared in shock at Tyler's lifeless body as Elena squirmed back to her feet and rushed to take her friend in her arms.

Klaus' body tensed the moment he heard Caroline's cry. He was about to turn around when he felt Damon's strong grip on his arm. He looked at him with a determined expression before he motioned towards Bonnie's figure in front of them.

If they ran off now, Bonnie would be in danger and they would lose their advantage. Although Klaus couldn't care less about the Cure and their stupid plan at the moment, he hoped that his brother would be able to protect her should she be in danger.

They turned a corner before they heard Stefan's whimpers. It was Klaus' turn to hold on to Damon before the raven haired vampire rushed inside the room without expecting it first.

"Did you hear that" came Rebekah's voice from the basement below them.

"It's probably one of the neighbours again" Kol said. "They always scream, or cry, or scream and cry. Probably still having nightmares from our last visit to their house last night."

"It could be them Kol. I told you Elijah could team up with Klaus and his pets, now that he refused our alliance. You think maybe Tyler found them?"

At the mention of Tyler's name, Klaus had to focus all his energy in not running out the front door to meet up with Caroline. He knew of one way to know if the baby vampire was okay. He looked at Bonnie and nodded at her. It was time for them to give the signal. They had located Stefan, they knew where Kol and Rebekah were. It was time for his older brother and his team to step in.

Bonnie walked to the back door and concentrated her energy on the lights outside, in the garden. She made them flicker three times before she magically and noiselessly unlocked the door. She then turned on her heels and walked past Klaus and Damon, motioning for them to follow her to the stairs where Kol and Rebekah were still arguing.

"Fine, go check it out if you want. I think it's pointless. Elijah would never go against us. He is as frustrated with our dear stepbrother as we are. He didn't forget the multiple times we were all staked or manipulated by Klaus."

"You want me to go up there alone while I could be killed by them if I'm right?" Klaus heard the shock and hurt in his baby sister's voice.

Oh trouble in paradise already, sister?

"But you're not right, that's what I'm trying to tell you."

Klaus remained on the main floor, while Damon and Bonnie went down the stairs noiselessly, still under Bonnie's protection spell. As the young witch came to the last step they all heard the back door creek open. Before the two Originals could react, Bonnie used her powers to cause multiple aneurisms to Kol while Damon rushed to Rebekah, taking her by surprise, and pushed her against the opposite wall.

Kol curled up on the floor under the pain Bonnie was inflicting him, before Damon flashed to him and kicked him hard in his side, making him fly up in the air and lend on his stomach. Rebekah tried to rush to his aid but was stopped by an invisible barrier.

"Kol!"

"I'd get out of here if I were you" Damon said, a maniacal expression crossing his face as he turned back to Kol's body, his hands itching to get the dagger out of his pocket and avenge his brother for the torture the youngest Original had inflicted him.

Klaus kept his attention on what was going on downstairs but he kept his gaze on the corridor leading from the dining room, where the back door was, to the other parts of the house. Elijah, Elena and Caroline would need to use it in order to get to Stefan who was still tied up against the living room's fireplace where a blazing fire was scorching at the skin of his back. Just then Elijah came out of the dining room. He nodded towards Klaus before he motioned for the girls to follow his footsteps.

Caroline followed Elena and moved quickly behind her but Klaus was able to notice her blank expression as she made her way to the living room apparently not noticing him, or simply ignoring him for all he knew.

What had happened outside? He jerked out of his thoughts, at least he knew she was still alive, and she didn't seem physically harmed. Yet he had to remind himself this was no time to be unfocused.

He then heard steps rushing towards him and he prepared himself to welcome his treacherous sister in his arms.

Caroline felt like she was in a bad dream. As she watched Tyler's lifeless body hit the forest ground just before Elena crashed into her arms and murmured encouraging words to her.

"It's okay Care, it's okay."

"No it's not okay, it's Tyler, Elena! Oh my god... oh my god, Tyler!" she said, sobbing. She started hyperventilating, while Elena brushed her blond locks away from her face.

"It wasn't the Tyler we knew, Caroline. Our friend, the guy you fell in love with was long gone."

"It was all my fault, just because I fell for Klaus..."

"It had started before... Ever since he became a hybrid he started acting weird."

Elijah stepped closer to them "Ladies, we need to move now. They are about to give us the signal."

Just as he said it the lights outside the bungalow started flashing three times before it stopped. "There it is. It's time to go. Are you going to be okay Caroline?"

As she looked up at him, her eyes full of tears, before averting his stare, he realized that he couldn't take a chance leading her inside the house in the state she was in.

"Caroline, look at me" he said.

Elena stiffened next to him "Elijah don't..."

"There is no other option Elena, please trust me" he returned his gaze to the blond vampire who had finally managed to lift her head again and was looking up in his eyes. He concentrated on her blue eyes and the moment her pupils dilated he got the confirmation he could compel her, that the vervain that Kol and Rebekah had forced into her had completely left her system.

"You will be fine. Tyler was going to kill your best friend and would have probably killed you afterwards. Now I want you to get over this this instant and go on with our plan. Do you remember what your implication in it is?"

Her expression blank, she slowly nodded.

"Good, now, I want nothing in there to prevent you from fulfilling your duty in helping your friends, do you understand?"

"Yes."

"Then let's go."

Elena gave her best friend a concerned look before following Elijah. She made sure Caroline walked closely behind her.

Elijah moved cautiously to the back door inspecting the garden for security cameras or traps that his siblings could have set for unexpected visitors. He thought it suspicious there was nothing visible to his vampire sight but did not think it over too much, they had a mission to fulfill and they had little time to do so. He grabbed the door knob, and turning it, he met no resistance, confirming Bonnie had done her part. As he slowly pushed the door open, they all froze at the squeaking sound it made.

Elijah recovered quickly, well if their cover hadn't been blown already by Elena and Caroline's cries this should have made it for them. He rushed the girls inside and they quickly walked up to the corridor leading to the living room and the bed chambers. When his eyes met Klaus', his brother waiting at the top of the staircase for Rebekah, he quickly acknowledged his presence before turning to the girls and motion for them to follow him. He took his right to find the young Salvatore brother strapped to the room's fireplace by chains that had no doubt been dipped into a vervain mixture.

As he heard Elena's gasp he turned around to face her. Seeing her former lover in such bad shape must be hard for her but he could not let her emotions get in their way, not for such a delicate operation.

"Elena, I need you to go in the other rooms and look for Matt and Shane, okay? Let me take care of Stefan, I will feed him some of my blood and he will recover quickly, now go please. Matt is still somewhere in this house we need to save him."

At the mention of Matt's name, he saw the young vampire snap out of her misery before she quickly flashed out of the room.

Elijah reached into his jacket's pocket for his leather gloves, "Caroline, I need you to come over here my dear, please."

Caroline walked up to Elijah and waited for his next instructions, her attention completely focused on the Eldest Original.

"I need you to hold on to Stefan" he said before pointing at the floor, where a wooden stake had been positioned so that if Stefan managed to break free from his bonds, he'd fall to the floor and directly onto the stake, killing him instantly. He was grateful Elena hadn't noticed the stake before she ran off.

"I'm going to get these chains off of him so be sure to pull him away before he falls down. Okay?"

"Yes."

Putting on his gloves, he then gripped the chains and pulled hard on them.

Klaus saw Elena rush past him before he felt his sister's presence at the base of the stairs.

Rebekah ran up the steps looking behind her as she did, she never saw Klaus when she ran right into his arms.

"Klaus!"

"Hello sister" he said before snapping her neck.

A/N: What did you guys think? I did not want Klaus to kill Tyler, no matter what Tyler did or would have done to Caroline, in my mind I don't believe she could forgive him if he killed someone she loved or had loved in the past. Same thing for the mind controlling. Caroline would never agree to being manipulated... so Elijah was the perfect candidate to do it.