Chapter 11
Caroline's head was covered with sweat and her heart, being dead, was still beating like a machine gun. She cautiously moved towards the man at the other end and turned him to see his face. Caroline let out a yelp when she saw the man. It was Stefan. He was covered in blood. His wounds had healed but the quantity of blood could tell that he had been given a good beating. She took his head into her lap and shook him gently to wake him up.
"Stefan. Stefan wake up!" she yelled as she continued to shake him. He woke up and stirred for a few minutes but then immediately stopped. "Are you okay Caroline?" He asked cautiously.
Caroline nodded weakly and tears started welling up in her eyes as she remembered the torture she had to endure. She shook away all the thoughts and focused on Stefan.
"Where are we?" she asked and Stefan shook his head, "I don't know. But I recognize these coffins. They contain his family. He never leaves them behind. So wherever he's going, we're going"
Caroline almost shivered at the thought of being with Klaus as she remembered his words, "You are mine now…"
"Caroline? Are you sure you're okay?" Stefan snapped her out of her thoughts and she nodded but before she could answer, they heard the shutter of the container open up.
They both shot their heads in the direction of the opening and saw Rebekah smiling sarcastically but what was more important were her surroundings. It was Mystic High.
"Oh my God" Caroline let out as soon as she realized and shared a look with Stefan.
"Where's Klaus?" Stefan asked as Rebekah motioned for them to come outside.
"With any luck, ripping that cow's bloody head off" Rebekah stated as if it was not murder but a daily routine thing.
Without any hesitation, Stefan charged at Rebekah yelling, "Caroline run!"
As Stefan kept Rebekah busy, only for a few minutes, that was enough time for Caroline to escape. First she thought of going to Elena but then her thoughts ran immediately to Tyler. Knowing Klaus, he'd turn him into a hybrid. Now she had to make a choice between Tyler and Elena or maybe she could go to Bonnie to call off Klaus but he'd kill her the second he would see her walking around alive.
She needed to save Elena first. She quickly sped from the corridors to find Elena. It was senior prank night. Being back in school reminded her of everything she was missing. She was missing her senior year. Caroline waited for a few minutes to listen for any sounds from her friends but she didn't hear anyone. She blocked away everything and focused again and heard Tyler's distant voice. She quickly sped to his direction. Better to save someone than no one right?
"You really do love her don't you?" Rebekah asked as she grabbed Stefan by his collar and threw him to the ground.
"Well consider me jealous" With that said she shoved a wooden stake into his abdomen and left him there writhing in pain.
"Tyler?" Caroline called out carefully. She heard a gust of wind pass by so she turned around. "Whose there?" she asked looking around.
She again felt someone pass from behind her and when she turned she didn't see anyone again. As soon as she was about to move away, she felt an arm wrap around her waist tightly and the other hand covering her mouth.
She tried to scream and yell but the person holding her was too strong. He dragged Caroline into a classroom and then let go of her.
"Shh! Blondie it's me!" Damon exclaimed as he shut the classroom door. Caroline breathed a sigh of relief and quickly hugged him. Under normal circumstances she would've died than hug Damon but this was anything but normal. He hugged her back which was a shock for Caroline.
"Oh my God! I thought it was Klaus! Oh my God!" Caroline paced in the room in the room rubbing her temples.
"Where's Stefan?" he asked cautiously.
"He's keeping Rebekah busy but don't worry she won't kill him. Apparently Klaus has an obsession with your brother" Caroline answered dramatically. "But we have to save Elena. He'll kill her. His hybrids are dying and he thinks it's because of Elena being alive and then when he kills Elena he's going to turn Tyler into a hybrid… we have to stop him. Where's Bonnie?" Caroline blabbed on without letting him answer or think.
"I could care less about what happens to Lockwood. Our first priority is Elena. Bonnie and Donovan have already visited Klaus and they're looking for a solution. Elena is in the gym with Klaus and he's holding her captive. So here's the plan." Damon added after taking a deep unnecessary breath, "You distract Klaus, I'll grab Elena and take her to safety."
Caroline stared him for a while, "It'll take him around 2 minutes to snap my neck. So you have 2 minutes to run to Elena's house because Klaus isn't invited there. My house is closer you can take her there and it won't be the first place he'll look. Text Bonnie to cut off the electricity so it'll give us a few more minutes and use the back door when you're leaving. Rebekah is at the front" she stated boldly.
Damon smirked as they made their way towards the gym. "You've become very smart Blondie. I must admit I'm impressed" he teased.
"Dealing with the devil makes you smart. I'm going in" She said as she moved towards the door. She heard him call out, "Don't get killed blondie!"
Caroline turned around and faced him, "Tell my mom I love her" she said and made her way towards the gym.
She pushed the doors open and moved inside only to see Elena and two other students. Chad and Dana maybe. Klaus is nowhere to be found.
"Elena?" Caroline called out, slowly moving towards her.
Elena's head shot up and she almost jumped out of her own skin, "Care watch out!" She yelled pointing behind her.
Caroline instantly turned and saw Rebekah smirking but before she could react, Rebekah shoved a wooden stake right next to her heart. "You just keep popping up don't you?" Rebekah asked tauntingly and moved away from her towards Chad and Dana.
Caroline fell to floor and Elena ran to her. "Caroline! Are you okay?" she asked as she slid next to her.
"It's moving towards my heart Elena. Get it out…" Caroline breathed heavily and after Elena took out the stake she let out a long, gut-wrenching yelp.
Elena stroked her hair and patted her shoulder, "Don't worry. Everything's going to be okay" Caroline nodded and stood up to face Rebekah.
"What did you do to Stefan?" Caroline demanded the answer from Rebekah. She just prayed Stefan was okay and Damon would be able to go through with the plan because they had not anticipated Rebekah and now they couldn't afford any more setbacks.
Just as Rebekah was about to answer, Stefan entered the gym, panting and his clothes full of blood. "Caroline, Elena!"
"Stefan" both girls said in worry.
"Well isn't this just lovely!" Rebekah commented faking a smile, "But I have more pressing work to do." She added and walked towards the other door. "Nik!" she yelled again calling him in.
"Look who I found lurking in the corridors" Klaus entered the room dragging an unconscious Damon. Rebekah smirked and left the room leaving Elena, Stefan, Caroline, Damon and Klaus in one room.
"Shit" Caroline mumbled under her breath. Klaus grinned as he dropped Damon's unconscious body in one end of the gym and in a blink, stood right in front of Caroline.
"Did you have a good sleep love?" he asked as he tucked a loose, golden strand behind her ear. Her breath was stuck in her throat and she couldn't muster up the courage to remember everything that had happened but once again she wasn't going to back down.
"I did actually. But then I woke up glad not to be anywhere near that monster!" She retorted harshly.
Klaus' expression hardened. His face was firm and his eyes were cold. He clenched his jaw and moved away from her towards Elena. He grabbed her by the arm and dragged her to the middle of the gym. "All this talk is making me thirsty, care for a drink?" He asked and then looked towards Stefan, removing Elena's hair from her neck, "Have a drink from the doppelganger's neck ripper!" he added.
Stefan just stared until his feet began to move against his own will and his vampire features emerged.
"Stefan! Snap out of it. What's wrong with you? It's Elena!" Caroline blocked his path and shoved him back a little.
Before Stefan could answer, Klaus chuckled and answered for him, "Did I forget to mention that I drained him of that pesky vervain? My bad love"
Stefan did not stop this advances towards Elena and he could definitely not fight his compulsion so Caroline had to do what she had to do. She sped to him and snapped his neck in a minute. Klaus smirked at her reaction and at that moment she knew she walked right into Klaus' trap. The two oldest vampires in their group who could actually face Klaus were knocked out, the witch was out doing God-knows-what and now all they had was a human doppelganger and a baby vampire who hadn't fed in quite some time.
Klaus let go of Elena and watched all the blonde and brunette exchanged consoling words and embraced each other.
"Are you okay Care? Where's Bonnie? And what did he do to Stefan?" Elena asked so many questions all together and they all had heart breaking answers.
"Bonnie's off with Matt, still looking for a solution and he turned Stefan into a ripper. Like he was in his 20s" Caroline answered hesitantly.
"We're going to get out of this – she was cut off by a series of protests coming from the other direction from the door. It was Rebekah dragging Tyler forcefully of course. "Let go of me!" He yelled and struggling aimlessly against Rebekah's hold on his neck.
"Tyler!" Both the girls cried. Caroline was dreading what was going to happen.
Rebekah released Tyler and Klaus walked to him. "Care?" Tyler asked ignoring Klaus and all the vampire drama going on. Klaus saw the exchange of looks between them. They definitely had something going on. How many boys were after this one blonde, perky vampire? He asked himself. He should've been amused but he was feeling a rage towards the boy. He wanted to kill him or better tear him to shreds and only then when he's a writhing mess of flesh and blood shall he rip out his heart. He was feeling jealous. It was a new concept for Klaus to feel jealous for anyone except his family.
His expression darkened and in a flash he bit into his wrist and shoved his blood down Tyler's throat. Before Caroline could speed to him, Rebekah caught her and stopped her. Klaus didn't think a second before he snapped Tyler's neck. Elena gasped and Caroline yelled, "Noo! Tyler"
Rebekah let go of her and grinned as she saw the dead wolf boy in the middle of the floor. Caroline starting crying miserably because Tyler always had a hard life and no one was there for him and she knew very well how that felt like. Tyler had always been a good friend to her and he was the only person who only truly cared for her. After her break up with Matt Tyler, despite his own full moon issues, helped her through everything and then they kissed but after that they never really got to sort anything out. Klaus took her away.
And now Klaus took him away. He would never forgive him. Ever!