Hey again, so here's the next chapter to the story. I'm not really doing much of a focused point of view, pretty general. Let's see what happens next as Caroline enters the mansion and gets involved! Let me know what you think, please Review!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Vampire Diaries

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Chapter 2

The click of her heels echoed through the otherwise silent mansion as Caroline advanced into the parlor and then through the kitchen into a long hallway leading to the left and on to other parts of the house. As she was about to turn around thinking it wasn't a good idea to be in the mansion without permission, she heard a scream echo through the halls. She stopped and turned back, wondering if she had imagined it, but a few seconds later another guttural yell of pain sounded through the house. This time she could tell it was coming from down that hall, deeper into the house. She quickly decided to find the source; if someone was in trouble she should try to help them!

Using her vampire speed she flashed around the corner and down the hall, and stopped at a set of wooden double doors and nudged one open to witness the scene before her. Klaus on his knees surrounded by three people with Elijah watching as two of them jammed daggers into his thighs as the third twisted first one arm then the other until his bones snapped, as he screamed in agony; his features twisted in pain and fear.

Caroline reacted without thinking, plainly on instinct. "No!" she screamed as she threw open the doors and launched herself at the young brown haired guy twisting the dagger in Klaus' leg. The momentum brought her tumbling over the couch with him and landing on top of him. The next second there positions were switched and she was slammed into the floor, her skull cracking against the wood panels. She looked up and into dark brown eyes with black veins prominent underneath.

"And who might you be?" asked the brown-haired boy.

The whites around Caroline's eyes turned red and she bared her fangs at him as she hissed, "I could ask you the same question."

She threw her knee up and hit her goal, the boy groaned and fell to the side of her and she quickly got to her feet. She glanced over to where Klaus was and caught his eyes, so full of surprise and fear, but for her. She stared back frozen in place, but he broke eye contact first to look at Elijah as he stepped into the boys place.

"Kol, keep her occupied" Elijah threw over his shoulder as he advanced toward Klaus' bruised and broken form. Suddenly the boy, Kol, was in front of her, grinning slyly. Caroline threw a punch aimed at his throat, but he caught her wrist and slowly twisted it until she cried out and dropped to her knees under the pain and pressure as she heard the splintering of her bones. Kol flashed to a small table and kicked it apart and picked up a leg as he advanced toward her, twirling it in his hand as he did.

Caroline looked up from the floor in fear as he loomed over her, "You should have minded your own business, Blondie" he smirked as he leaned down and braced a hand on her shoulder and drew back his arm.

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Klaus' mind was going numb but when he saw a blonde headed blur go past and take Kol with it his heart plummeted. "No . . . " he whispered in desperation as he watched Caroline and Kol go over the couch. He groaned again as Rebekah jabbed another dagger in his shoulder and ribs, and craned his neck around Fin to try and find any sign of his Caroline.

Kol hissed, "And who might you be?"

Caroline hissed back and spat, "I could ask you the same question." He then heard Kol groan and drop to the ground and Caroline quickly got to her feet.

Klaus couldn't help but smirk at that, he loved her fire and strength. But then he remembered what his siblings could do to her. His smirk disappeared as he locked eyes with her blue ones. Elijah stepped forward, "Kol, keep her occupied," and stood in front of Klaus with his hands in his pockets.

"Brother, please," Klaus begged looking first at Caroline then his brother. Elijah studied him closely, "Are you more concerned for yourself Niklaus, or her?" Klaus opened his mouth then shut it with a stubborn look on his face. Elijah shrugged, "It doesn't matter, what matters is what you did to our family, and you will get what you deserve." He pulled a wooden stake from his coat and flipped it skillfully in his hand as he prepared to strike. Klaus gritted his teeth as the wood sank deep into the flesh of his abdomen. He heard Caroline's cries of pain and looked over to see her on the ground clutching her twisted arm as Kol broke a leg off a table and stalked toward her.

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Caroline held her warped arm to her chest and cringed as Kol set a hand on her shoulder making her sit up. He drew his arm back with one corner of his mouth going up.

"NOOOOO!"

Klaus lunged at Elijah, and knocked him across the room. He ripped the stake from his stomach and jammed it into Rebekah's chest and drove his elbow down on her knee, breaking it as she crumpled to the floor.

He froze as he heard Caroline scream as Kol plunged the stake into her ribs. Fin then wrapped his arms around his neck in a tight head lock, threatening to snap his neck. Caroline's cries fueled Klaus' anger, and he reached behind him and gripped Fin's shirt and threw him over his body and across the room.

He then turned to Kol who glanced up at him as he drove the wood deeper in and Caroline let out a sob. The next second Kol was pinned against the wall by both daggers that had been in Klaus' shoulder and ribs, now in both of Kol's shoulders. Klaus immediately went to Caroline's side and crouched in front of her, letting her lean into him with her forehead on his left shoulder as he whispered hushed reassurances in her ear as he gently pulled the stake from her body.

His siblings began to recover; Elijah pulling the stake from Rebekah's chest and righting her knee, Fin pulling the daggers from Kol and letting him drop to his feet. Klaus was very much aware of this as he rebroke Caroline's bones and set them in the right place.

He stood up pulling Caroline with him, putting her behind him and faced his siblings, his eyes turning a golden-brown with black veins underneath as a growl rumbled deep in his chest.

His siblings surrounded them, all looking angry and confused at how he reacted to save this girl.

"Well, well, who is this delectable young woman, Nik?" Kol asked slyly.

"None of your damn business, Kol," Klaus retorted.

"Oh, I think it is," Kol flashed at them and Klaus grappled with him until he heard Caroline scream and turned around to see Elijah bury his hand in Caroline's chest. His pause left time for Kol to attack, and his world went dark.

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