Chapter 2

"I don't recall you being on the guest list" Klaus commented as he made his way to the mountain top where Stefan stood.

"We need to talk" Stefan answered back confidently.

Klaus nodded and they made their way back to where the ritual was happening next to Elena and Jenna.

The three girls, Elena, the doppelganger, Jenna, the vampire and Jules the werewolf were present in three circles of fire. Greta the witch was on the further end with a spell book and the moonstone.

"Very well then." Klaus continued, "What can I do for you Mr. Salvatore?"

"There's no need to kill Jenna. I'll take her place." Stefan replied trying to look anywhere instead of Elena's eyes.

"Stefan no!" Elena exclaimed. Klaus smiled, shook his head and replied, "Now why would I do that? I rather appreciate the symmetry of three women. Three Goddesses."

"Just let her go Klaus." Stefan stated rather annoyed. "Stefan please" Elena pleaded.

"So whose it gonna be Elena? Stefan or Jenna?" Klaus asked with a grin plastered on his face.

"NO!" Elena yelled as Klaus cut her off by shoving a wooden stake into Stefan back right next to his heart and stated, "Don't worry love. You won't have to make that choice. I have other plans for Stefan here"

With that he dropped Stefan to the ground, writhing in pain.

The sacrifice went as planned until Elijah, Bonnie and Damon showed up. Greta had been killed by Damon and he was carrying Elena home while Stefan and Bonnie were to stay in order to confirm that Klaus was dead once and for all. Elijah had his hand inside Klaus' chest, clutching his heart until Klaus dropped the 'I still have our family' bomb on him and he fled along with Klaus before Stefan or Bonnie could do anything.

After Jenna's funeral, Damon had exposed his bite to Stefan and Stefan promised that he would find a cure for the werewolf bite.

Stefan had just recently, by the help of the witch spirits, discovered that Klaus had the cure for the werewolf bite so Stefan didn't wait a second and ended up making his way to Alaric's apartment.

Caroline had been missing for quite some time now but with the mayhem going on, no one noticed. She had been consumed by darkness for a long time and could not make out exactly what happened. She rubbed her sore neck and started to look around. She was definitely in an apartment. It looked a little familiar but she couldn't exactly put who owned it or how she got there. She rubbed her neck and sat up with her back propped against the wall. She saw a familiar face looming over her. It was Elena.

"Elena?" Caroline asked still feeling lightheaded.

"Nope. Guess again" she replied.

Caroline instantly knew it wasn't Elena but her doppelganger bitch, "Katherine!" she exclaimed highly annoyed.

"Correct. Here" Katherine offered her a blood bag and she accepted it cautiously.

"Where am I? What happened?" Caroline asked as she ripped open the blood bag and looked around.

"You don't remember. Well Klaus brought you here. I'm assuming he snapped your neck" Katherine answered wondering what Klaus had planned for the baby vampire.

It suddenly hit Caroline. She was rushing through the woods and she heard noises and when she turned around to see who it was, someone snapped her neck. Klaus snapped her neck. Bastard. Hadn't he done enough? What more could he want? She thought to herself.

"Oh yeah and he kept snapping your neck every time you moved even the slightest" Katherine added with a fake smiled as she walked back to kitchen counter.

"I have to get out…" Caroline was cut off by someone entering the apartment. It was Stefan.

"Stefan?" Caroline asked as he passed her a confused look. She had never been gladder to see anyone than she was right now to see Stefan.

He instantly came to her and hugged her tightly and slightly confused. "What are you doing here?" he asked.

"Klaus brought her here. Thanks for noticing I'm still in the room." Katherine commented sarcastically as she waved her hand from the kitchen counter before she sped to Stefan and shoved him into the opposite wall.

Caroline ran towards Katherine to shove her into the other wall away from him but Katherine loosened her grip on Stefan and threw Caroline against the coffee table in the middle of the room. The table crashed into pieces and a few of them entered Caroline's back but she ignored the pain and grabbed two wooden pieces of the table and charged Katherine again. This time she threw one stake to Stefan who caught it immediately and shoved it into Katherine arm causing her to yelp in pain. As she removed the stake from her arm, Caroline jumped up on her and tried to shove the stake into Katherine back but Katherine immediately grabbed her wrist and staked Caroline into her stomach.

"Caroline!" Stefan yelled and tried to move to her but Katherine blocked his way and said, "Look who we have here"

Right on cue, Klaus and Elijah entered the apartment. The first thing they noticed was the condition of the place. It was thrashed. Klaus looked around and then moved towards the living room where he saw Caroline squealing in pain trying to remove a wooden stake from her abdomen and then his eyes locked with Stefan who was held up against the wall by Katherine. Klaus moved his gaze back to the blonde beauty in front of him and bent down to where she was laying in the middle of the room. "Easy there love. You'll hurt yourself" he said as he pulled the stake out and she screamed at the impact.

Katherine walked towards the kitchen and left Stefan with Klaus. "I need your help" Stefan stated sheepishly. "All in good time but for now I have duties to my own family. You see I made a promise to my brother to reunite him with our family and so I shall" Klaus added as he shoved a dagger into Elijah's heart saying sweet things, "Shh! Sleep tight brother"

Stefan and Caroline's eyes widened and to be honest they weren't expecting Klaus would dagger his own brother. Stefan moved protectively in front of Caroline and Klaus seemed to have noticed that. "It hasn't even been a day since the doppelganger died and you've already moved on? I thought you were better than that Stefan" Klaus commented jokingly as he moved to stand right into Stefan's face.

"He needs the cure for the werewolf bite. Damon had been bit by a werewolf." Caroline yelled trying to lessen the tension in the air. Klaus smirked at her and replied, "I know love. But how do you know? You've been here since before the ritual"

"That would be me. I filled her in" Katherine added from the corner of the room. "Aah! Katerina. Always so eager." Klaus stated and glared her.

"Well? Do you have the cure or not?" Caroline asked inquisitively but was quickly silenced by Stefan's deadly glare.

Klaus let out a chuckle and then raised his eyebrows at her and then looked at Stefan, "Now why would I give you the cure? What do you have for me in return?" he asked.

"I'll do anything you say" Stefan said confidently. Now Caroline glared him and whispered, "Are you crazy Stefan? You will do anything for HIM?"

Obviously Klaus had heard everything and it wasn't like she was trying to hide something so he put a fake hurt expression on his face and put his hand over his heart.

"Well I don't know if I have any use for you the way you are now. If it was the ripper, now that would be a different story" Klaus stated devilishly as he tossed a blood bag towards Stefan.

After an hour, Stefan had gone through heaps of blood bags and still Klaus kept throwing more his way until Caroline began, "Okay stop! That's enough. He'll lose control this way"

Klaus passed her a deadly stare and then he began moving towards her. This time Stefan wouldn't be there to protect her because he was busy with the blood bags and Katherine definitely wouldn't help her. Like ever. He moved towards her and she kept moving back until her back hit the wall. He halted in front of her. His face only an inch away from hers. He moved his hand towards her hair and played with one of the blonde ringlets.

"I like him this way. This is his true nature. This our true nature." He said as he stared her a played with her hair.

Her breathing hitched at the close proximity and she flinched away from his touch. He sighed and moved towards the kitchen counter again. He bit into his wrist and let the blood drop into a vial.

"This is the cure mate. But if you want it, you're going to have to make me deal." Klaus stated as he played with the vial in his hand.

Stefan nodded and said, "Anything. Just give me the cure!" Caroline eyed Klaus suspiciously before commenting, "How do we know you're not tricking us?"

Klaus shook his head and motioned for Katherine to come towards him. He held out her wrist and bit into it causing Katherine to scream. "Are you crazy?" Caroline yelled as she saw the venom spread through Katherine's veins. It's not like she didn't deserve it but Caroline was a believer of second chances and forgiveness.

Klaus didn't even look at her and bit into his wrist and forced it into Katherine's mouth, "You worry too much love. I assure you my blood is the cure"

They all looked to Katherine's wrist and it had healed. There was no bite like it never happened. Caroline's eyes widened in shock and so did Stefan's while Klaus grinned.

"So the ripper in return for the cure for Damon?" Klaus asked mischievously.

Stefan finally stood up from the pond of blood from his filthy feeding habits. "You let Caroline go and take the cure with her and I'll come with you and I'll do whatever you want" he proposed.

Klaus let out a huge laugh like Stefan had cracked the biggest joke and then put on a dead serious expression and continued, "Don't joke around Stefan. I have other plans for her. As for the cure, Katerina will you take this to Damon?"

Katherine's eyes shot up at her chance for running away from Klaus, "So you want me to leave?" she asked cunningly.

"Yes and if I were you I'd hurry…" He wasn't allowed to complete as Katherine stole the vial out of his reach and ran out the door.