I'm sick and spent new years wrapped up as a burrito in my bed getting sicker and sicker, but here's another chapter of sorts. enjoy. still no beta.
Elijah held onto Klaus as they walked through the busy mall. Elijah hated shopping but Katherine convinced him that Klaus needed new clothes since he was wearing them out so quickly. They walked through the busy mall. They ran into Caroline and Liz in the food court.
"Hi Nik" Caroline waved
"Hi" Nik smiled
"Mommy I want to go on the merry go round" Caroline said
"Not right now" Liz answered
"Please?!" Caroline begged
Klaus looked up at Elijah.
"Alright" Elijah said
"I'll go with them" Katherine said taking both their hands
Caroline looked over at Nik who was looking at the merry go round that was brightly lit up. He had never been on one before. Katherine got them tickets and walked onto the merry go round with them.
"I wanna be on the white pony!" Caroline said
"Of course" Katherine said picking Caroline up and putting her on the white pony
"That one" Klaus pointed
Katherine looked over and saw Klaus pointed to the black horse. Katherine picked Klaus up and placed him on the wooden horse and then sat back onto the carriage behind them. The merry go round started to move.
"So people are saying that Katherine's living with you" Liz started
"She's babysitting Klaus. She's gotten him to open up more and talk"
"Is that all she does?"
"She's underage, I'm well aware of that. I'm a lawyer. She's studying for her GED and it's only temporary being that most of the town won't give her a second chance let alone a job"
"Just making sure no hanky panky's going on there. She is quite attractive"
"She's there for Klaus. She makes him talk, which is good"
Klaus held onto the black wooden horse he was riding as the merry go round went around and around. Caroline reached over and held onto his hand as the horse went up and down.
And then suddenly Klaus froze. Caroline looked over and wondered what was wrong. She looked over and saw a man approaching them. Klaus felt powerless again and unable to say anything.
"Nik?" Caroline asked
The man came up to Klaus and grabbed him.
"Hey!" Caroline yelled
"Be quiet!" the man yelled as he pushed her off the horse.
Caroline fell off the merry go round and screamed. Katherine immediately jumped down to see what happened.
"Caroline? Are you ok?" Katherine asked
"He took Nik"
"Who?"
"A bad man"
Katherine picked Caroline up and looked around. She couldn't see Klaus anywhere.
"Klaus?! Klaus!?" Katherine yelled
Klaus was being dragged along by his arm. He didn't say anything, he only looked down. He was afraid. He had found him. He hoped Caroline wasn't hurt, he wanted to see if she was ok but he knew if he did, he'd be putting her in danger.
"Wretched boy, did you think you could escape me?"
Klaus said nothing and let himself be dragged away.
Stefan was pushing Damon around in a rented stroller from the mall. The boys were running down the mall while their father searched for them. They saw Klaus being dragged by a strange man.
"Hey, who's that with Nik?" Damon asked
"Let's go see" Stefan said as he pushed the stroller
"Hey, who's this?" Damon asked as they were along side Klaus
Klaus didn't answer instead he looked down at the floor
"Nik! It's us!" Damon said
The man holding Klaus glared down.
"Go away!" he said as he pushed the stroller over.
Stefan helped Damon up.
"Guy's a creeper" Damon said
"Nik's in trouble" Stefan said
Damon and Stefan picked up the stroller and started pushing it towards the man holding Nik.
"He can't mess with us!" Damon said
"Yeah!" Stefn said
The boys pushed the stroller into the man, making him fall over. He let of Klaus who stood there. He saw Damon and Stefan running towards him.
"We gotta go!" Damon said grabbed Klaus by the arm
"No, he'll hurt you!" Klaus said
"We have to go!" Stefan said
"He hurt Caroline! I have to go with him" Klaus said
"Damn children!" the man yelled as he got up
"You're a jerk face!" Damon yelled
"No one hurts Caroline!" Stefan yelled
"Yeah except us!" Damon added
"Enough of this!" the man yelled and grabbed Klaus
"No! You can't take him!" Stefan yelled
"Stranger! Stranger danger! Stranger!" Damon yelled
"Stranger! Stranger!" Stefan yelled
The people around the mall stopped and stared at what was happening.
"He's a stranger! He's touching my friend!" Damon yelled
"Stranger! Stranger!" Stefan yelled
The man suddenly felt everyone staring at him. He tried to grab for Klaus but he was already gone, running off with Stefan and Damon. They ran as fast as they could, gasping for air. They stopped by the water fountain to catch their breath.
"Who was that?" Stefan asked
"My father" Klaus answered
"We have to find your brother now" Damon said
Katherine and Elijah were walking around the mall searching for Klaus. Caroline wasn't hurt, she went with them to find him. She saw the boys run into a sporting goods store and ran after them.
"Caroline?!" Katherine yelled
"You lost her too?" Elijah asked
"I didn't loose her, she ran off there's a difference"
"You are by far the worst babysitter yet"
The boys ran into the store trying to hid somewhere. They ran into the tents and hid trying to think of what to do next.
"He's going to find me, he always finds me" Klaus said
"He's not going to find you" Stefan said
"And if he does we'll be ready for him" Damon said
Caroline walked into the store and looked around. She felt someone grab onto her arm and looked up. Before she could say anything the man's face was right next to hers.
"Say another word and I'll make sure Niklaus never sees the light of day again. I'll break your arm and then every bone in his little body if you make a noise. Do you understand me?"
Caroline nodded.
"Good, now where is he?"
Caroline shook her head.
"You don't know? Or you're not telling me? I can be very persuasive"
Caroline shook her head. She felt his grip on his arm getting tighter and tighter as if her arm was going to break. She could feel the tears swell up in her eyes.
Stefan looked out the tent.
"He's got Caroline!" Stefan said
"No!" Klaus got up to run out of the tent
"wait!" Damon yelled
Klaus ran towards them, towards Caroline.
"Let her go!" Klaus yelled
"He does speak"
"Let her go!" Klaus yelled
"Come with me now, I am your father"
Klaus nodded and walked towards him. Caroline couldn't believe what was happening. Why would Klaus go with a man that hurt him so much? She didn't understand it.
"No, don't!" Caroline said
"Be quiet!" the man threw her onto the ground
Klaus screamed out and started hitting him as hard as he could. His small arms flailing about. Caroline looked up at Klaus trying to fight his father off.
"Stranger! Stranger!" Caroline yelled
The people in the store stopped and looked at Klaus fighting and screaming. Caroline was screaming out for help. Stefan appeared with a tennis racket and started beating on the man too. Suddenly a tennis ball flew by, and then several others started flying in the air hitting the man. Damon smirked as he moved the ball throwing machine to aim at the man.
"Bloody hell! Children!" the man yelled
Damon grabbed a tennis racket nearby and started hitting the man with it.
"Stranger! Stranger!" Damon yelled
"Wait till my mommy gets here!" Caroline yelled
Through the commotion the man fell onto the ground while the kids kept hitting him.
"You're a mean person!" Caroline yelled as she hit him
"You stay away from Nik" Stefan yelled
"You're a jerk face!" Damon yelled
The mall police finally came seeing what was happening. Elijah and Katherine came running in. Liz came running in as well. They pulled the kids off. Katherine grabbed Stefan and Damon. The man who was being beaten up by kids finally looked up.
"Hello father" Elijah said
"Elijah" Mikael said standing up
Elijah held Klaus in his arms. Klaus turned back and saw Mikael standing there.
"I see you two have bonded" Mikael said
"I have sole custody of him. And you aren't allowed near him ever" Elijah said
"You can't deny me my rights as a parent"
"He's not yours"
"Mommy, make the mean man go away" Caroline said looking at her mom
"Would you like to press charges Elijah? Cause I sure as hell will" Liz said
"I'd like nothing more than to do that. But that means he'll be here longer than he has to."
"It's up to you Elijah"
"I want to speak to him for a moment" Elijah said
"Alright"
Elijah put Klaus on the ground.
"Stay with Caroline, I'll be back in a minute, I'm just going to talk to him" Elijah said
Klaus nodded. He turned and saw Caroline standing there. He reached out for her hand. She held his hand and looked up at him.
"Are you ok?" Caroline asked
"Yes, are you ok?"
"Yeah, he just pushed, my arm hurts"
"He's mean like that"
"Why did you go with him?"
"I didn't want him to hurt you, but he did"
"He didn't hurt me. I was scared for you, why didn't you fight back?"
"He's bigger than me, he's stronger than me"
"But you fought back at the end"
"Because he was hurting you"
Caroline hugged him.
"Thanks Nik"
Damon and Stefan were busy looking up at Katherine. They were in awe of her. She held onto their hands and watched as Elijah spoke to Mikael. Damon let go and wrapped his arms around her leg. He liked how soft the fabric of her jeans were. He rubbed his face on it.
"What are you doing kid?" Katherine asked
Stefan let go and went over to Caroline and Klaus.
"Are you ok?" Stefan asked
"Yeah, we're ok" Caroline answered
"That's really your dad?" Stefan asked
Klaus nodded.
"He's a jerk" Stefan said
"My mommy's gonna make him go away!" Caroline said
"Where's your dad?" Klaus asked
"Somewhere, he'll find us eventually" Stefan said
Giuseppe finally found the boys inside the sporting goods store. He saw there were a bunch of people standing there and a lot of mall cops. He feared the worst. His boys always got in trouble. He saw Stefan with Caroline and Klaus. He saw Damon with Katherine. He walked over to Stefan.
"What did you do?" Giuseppe asked
"Nothing, that stranger tried to take Nik, so we stopped him" Stefan answered
"He did what? That man over there?" Giuseppe asked
"Yeah, he pushed Caroline too, he's a jerk" Stefan said
"Are you alright? I can see Damon is more than alright"
"I'm ok dad."
"Don't run off like that again"
"Ok dad"
Elijah walked away from Mikael and back to Klaus. He bent down.
"Are you alright Niklaus?" Elijah asked
Klaus nodded.
"We were doing so well too. Caroline are you ok?"
"Yes Elijah, you make the bad man go away?" Caroline asked
"yes, he's going far far away. He's never allowed to come near Niklaus ever again"
"Good" Caroline said
Elijah looked over at Stefan and his father.
"Thank you Stefan for what you did. You gave the proper authorities enough time to get here. " Elijah said
"Your welcome. No one messes with us. Especially some stranger danger" Stefan said
"I'd thank Damon too but he seems preoccupied" Elijah glanced over at Katherine
"Did they really do something right?" Giuseppe asked
"Yes, the stopped Mikael from taking Niklaus. They were quite amazing actually" Elijah said
"Wow, really?" Guiseppe
"Yes really, I'm going to take them all out for ice cream" Elijah said
"Yay ice cream!" Stefan yelled
"I want sprinkles!" Caroline yelled
"Damon we're getting ice cream!" Stefan yelled
Damon looked over and smiled.
"Alright ice cream!" Damon yelled
"Let go of my leg already kid" Katherine said
"I'm not a kid!"
"Is your arm ok?" Klaus asked
"Yeah, just store" Caroline answered
Klaus reached over and touched her arm, she winced a little.
"He hurt you" Klaus said
"Not really. I'm ok. I want ice cream"
"I'm sorry"
"Don't be, it's not your fault your dad's a jerk face"
"I couldn't stop him"
"You don't have to be afraid of him anymore. He's not coming back. Your brother said so. My mommy's gonna make sure of that too. And you promised you wouldn't leave me"
"I didn't want him to hurt you"
"But you promised me, you promised me you wouldn't leave."
"Ok, I won't leave"
"Good, I want ice cream now" Caroline took his hand and lead him to get ice cream
"Already bossing him around" Katherine said
"They make quite the pair" Elijah said
Happy new Year, again this fic is just randomness, and I write when inspiration strikes. Hope you were amused. and thanks for reading.