Chapter Eleven
'Do you mind, I cannot walk that fast!' I muttered, trailing about five feet behind Klaus.
'I do apologise, love let me give you a hand.' Klaus said coming to sudden stop and reaching behind me to grab my upper arm and drag me along.
'Oh yeah because this is an improvement.' I mumbled, Klaus only responded by squeezing my arm tighter, tight enough that I knew it would bruise. I refused to react, though his anger was making me nervous, and making it harder for me to predict his actions.
He was currently dragging me down a corridor in Mystic Falls High school and I was getting more and more fearful with every step; I could feel Elena and we were getting closer to her and I didn't know what to do. Klaus had snapped Stefan's neck again after announcing that we were back in Mystic Falls and ordered Rebekah to stay behind before he grabbed me and said that I was coming with him. Ever since I woke up in the back of the truck I knew that tonight was going to end badly, I knew that Klaus was going to find out about Elena if he didn't already know, though the fact we were in the school was a dead give away.
I was so focused on Elena and where she was I didn't realise that Klaus had pulled us to a stop until he smirked maliciously and flashed us somewhere, somewhere that was very close to where Elena was.
'Shit.' I said softly as Elena walked around the corner, she hadn't noticed us yet and she was smiling, I could feel her happiness and I hated that it was going to be ruined.
'There's my girl.' Klaus said, a dangerous smile on his face.
Elena looked up, and I literally saw the happiness fall from her face as she saw the angry hybrid standing in front of her. I was so shocked to actually see her that my focus on her feelings fell for a second.
'Klaus.' She said, she hadn't looked at me yet, probably terrified as to what him being there meant.
'What am I chopped liver?' I joked, trying to lessen the terror on her face, my voice made her finally look in my direction and I took her fear as her eyes met mine, glad to feel that she was relieved to see me.
'Kim,' She whispered.
'Hey little sister.' I smiled, genuinely happy to see her, despite the circumstances. Her eyes flickered to Klaus and she looked like she was about to run, 'I wouldn't bother, Lena. You won't get far and he's already angry enough.' I muttered, gesturing to Klaus without looking at him, I did feel a flicker of amusement from him that was replaced with anger instantaneously.
'You need to calm down.' I said to him, huffing in annoyance when he squeezed my arm tighter, 'you squeeze my arm any tighter you're going to cut off the circulation.'
'I wouldn't test me right now, love.' Klaus warned and I just rolled my eyes in response, not listening.
'You are such a drama queen.' I muttered.
'I am not a drama queen.' Klaus said, his anger growing even more, I could feel Elena's concern, but I refused to back down.
'I swear I've already told you this before but I'll say it again, shouting will not get you anywhere.' I said, meeting his gaze square on.
Klaus didn't respond but he had this look in his eye that probably was supposed to make me terrified, but I wasn't, I knew that at least in that moment, he wasn't going to hurt me. However, I wasn't that sure about him not hurting Elena. He stared at me for a moment longer, his anger dissipating, though it grew again when his eyes turned back to Elena. At some point he had let go of my arm and I took full advantage and moved over to Elena's side, placing a comforting arm around her shoulders, she melted into my side and I amplified the comforting waves I was sending to her.
'You put a real damper on my plans, sweetheart.' Klaus started as he walked in between Elena and me, grabbing our upper arms and dragging us with him.
'We can walk you know.' I muttered.
'The whole point of becoming a hybrid was to make more hybrids and I've been unable to do that. I think that has something to do with the fact that you're still breathing, now what are we going to do about that?' Klaus said, ignoring my statement as a dangerous smirk lit up on his face. I rolled my eyes and looked around him to Elena, taking her fear as I did so.
'Don't take him too seriously, he's all bark and no bite.' I said, giving Klaus a smirk of my own when he glared at me.
'I think you of all people know that's not true, love.' Klaus smirked, his voice suggestive.
'What?' Elena asked, I looked over to her and gave her a look, indicating what Klaus was talking about and she gasped, 'no!' She said, her tone one of surprise and curiosity.
'Yeah.' I said, noticing Klaus' curious look; he must have underestimated how close Elena and I actually were.
She raised her brows suggestively, silently asking if he was any good, and I gave her a slight shrug; she looked surprised.
'I don't have that much experience, for all I know he's mediocre.' I explained, and she nodded in understanding.
Klaus's head was moving back and forth rapidly as he tried to understand what we were talking about, though when I said the word 'mediocre' I could practically feel his amusement bubbling up inside him, as well as his smugness.
'Stop that.' I said, glaring at him, he raised his eyebrows innocently and I continued, 'I can feel your smugness dripping from you.' He just grinned, his smugness growing even more.
'You can feel his smugness?' Elena asked, curious.
'Yeah! I finally found out what I am, Lena!' I said, brightly and I could feel Klaus starting to get annoyed at how casual we were both being when we were supposed to be prisoners.
Elena opened her mouth, probably about to ask what I was, when we were cut off by Klaus' terrible American accent as we walked into the gym.
'Attention, seniors you have been busted. Prank night is over, please clear out immediately!' He came to a stop in front of a young couple, he released my arm to point between the two of them, 'I remember you.'
They looked confused and he continued, waving his hand dismissively, 'don't worry, I wasn't in my right head the last time we met.' He smirked, and I figured he was referring to the time he had possessed Alaric's body, 'now be a good girl and hold your leg up.' He compelled, then turning to the man who was stood next to her as he compelled him too, 'if she drops her leg, Chad, I want you to beat her to death.'
I took their confusion and fear as Klaus pulled me and Elena towards the bleachers, I ended up sitting in the middle and I held Elena close to me as I comforted her with my powers, though she didn't seem to be needing it which surprised me. She moved her head from my shoulder and looked over to Klaus, 'if you're going to kill me just do it. You don't have to hurt anybody.' Elena said, looking over to the two teenagers he'd compelled.
'I wouldn't bother Elena, I've seen him do worse for less.' I muttered, looking over to the pair he had compelled to make sure that they were calm. I could feel Klaus' stare boring into the side of my head, but I pretended not to notice.
'Come on, love. Of course I do.' Klaus said eventually, addressing Elena. I felt her stiffen and I squeezed her waist in warning, silently telling her not to push him.
'So… not that I'm not enjoying watch innocent people be tortured.' I muttered, my voice sarcastic as I turned to him, 'what are you planning?'
He grinned but didn't answer, which annoyed me and his grin grew as if he knew exactly how I was feeling. Asshole. We were sat there for god knows how long, but it felt like ages, eventually I turned to Elena, turning my back on Klaus as I pretended he wasn't there and I told her about what had happened over the summer. I left out all the times I had witnessed innocent people die, of course, seeing as I was trying to lighten the mood and take her mind off everything that was happening. I told her about playing would you rather with Stefan, which actually made her laugh, seeing as she knew how ruthless I could be with that game. I told her about how I was also a hybrid, which made her raise her brows in surprise, but when I told her about both parts that made me a hybrid, her surprise faded away; she had known how good my instincts were and how sensitive I was of other people's feelings. I told her about the nonsense Gloria had spouted about me being Klaus' mate, which made both Klaus and Elena snort in amusement. Eventually, I ran out of things to tell her, so I asked her to fill me in on what had happened in Mystic Falls while I had been away, but Klaus cut her off as he addressed the compelled teenagers.
'Keep it up,' he said, when he noticed that the girl was now struggling to keep her leg up, I went to move to help her, but Klaus grabbed my wrist and give me a warning look.
'Where's Stefan?' Elena asked, worried.
'He's on a time out.' Klaus replied, his answer making me snort.
'That's putting it mildly. He's been snapping his neck all afternoon.' I said, giving Elena the honest answer she deserved, though I did hate the concern I could feel coming off her when I did, instead of taking it I sent her a comforting wave to lessen it a little; she deserved to be worried about the man she loved.
The door to the gym burst open and I looked over to see Bonnie and Matt walk into the gym. I stood up immediately, about to tell them to get out of here but Klaus had already flashed behind them, blocking their exit.
'Ah good, I was wondering when you were going to show up. Now we can get started,' Klaus said, his voice bright but I could hear the anger lurking beneath it, he turned to the two compelled teenagers, 'you two can sit tight for now. Take a break.'
Bonnie's eyes flickered over to Elena and me almost as if to check that we were all right before she turned to face Klaus, her gaze unflinching.
'I assume you're the reason she's still breathing?' Klaus asked Bonnie, gesturing over to Elena. I went to stand next to Bonnie with my arms crossed in front of me, a smirk on my face.
'Actually, the reason Elena came back to life after the ritual was thanks to the resuscitation elixir that Elijah provided. Maybe you shouldn't have daggered him.' I replied before Bonnie could, my smirk growing when his disappeared.
'What?' Klaus asked flatly.
'I said-' I went to repeat myself but he cut me off with a glare, I held up my arms defensively, which only served to anger him more.
'Why didn't you tell me this earlier?' He demanded.
'You never asked.' I said simply, making his glare harsher if that were possible.
'No matter. I'm sure you can still find me a solution to my problem.' Klaus said, as his eyes went back to Bonnie, 'seeing as that elixir was made by witches, thus making it a witchy interference, I'm going to have you find the fix for the undesirable side effects.'
As soon as he finished speaking Rebekah came through the door, dragging an unwilling Tyler behind her. I could feel her annoyance with how much he was fighting to get out of her grip, and I could feel Tyler's embarrassment at not being able to get out of her hold.
'Get off me!' Tyler demanded.
'Hush now,' Rebekah said, rolling her eyes.
'I'd like you all to meet my sister, Rebekah. Word of warning, she can be quite mean.' Klaus smirked as he looked over to his sister.
Rebekah and I simultaneously rolled our eyes, as we both muttered, 'don't be an arse.'
Rebekah and I shared an amused look as Klaus glared at the both of us. I felt Elena come to stand beside me and I linked my arm through hers as Rebekah threw Tyler into Klaus' arms. Klaus turned him so that his back was against his chest as he started speaking, rolling up his sleeve to reveal his forearm.
'Oh no.' I muttered, instantly knowing what he was going to do. Klaus smirked at my reaction before he continued.
'I'm going to make this very simple...Every time I attempt to turn a werewolf into a vampire hybrid, they die during the transition. It's quite horrible, actually.' Klaus said as he bit into his wrist and forced Tyler to drink his blood. I could feel Tyler's fear and I took it instinctively.
'I need you to find a way to save my hybrids, Bonnie. And for Tyler's sake...You better hurry.' Klaus said before he dramatically snapped Tyler's neck. I wasn't surprised by his dramatics, but I could feel everyone else's shock and worry. I sent some comforting waves towards them and that seemed to snap them out of their trance.
'He's dead.' Matt said, disbelief laced in his voice.
'He's not dead, Klaus' blood will turn him into a vampire.' Elena said aloud, as if she was trying to reassure herself as well as everyone else.
'And if Bonnie's successful, he'll live through his transition. Go on, then. Go and fetch your grimoires and enchantments and whatnot. I'll hold on to Kim and Elena...for safe-keeping.' Klaus said reaching his arm across mine and Elena's shoulders.
'Go, we'll be fine.' I assured them, they looked unsure but when I gave them a look they ran through the gym doors without hesitation.
'So this is the latest doppelgänger.' Rebekah said, coming to stand in front of Elena as she examined her face, 'the original was much prettier.'
I rolled my eyes at her pettiness as I turned to Elena, 'don't mind her, she used to have a thing with Stefan before Klaus daggered her ninety years ago. Long story.'
Rebekah glared at me and I held up my hands defensively, 'what it's true, isn't it?' Smiling softly when she reluctantly nodded to me, 'it's not Stefan's fault that he moved on and it's not Elena's fault that they fell in love.' Amazingly, Elena and Rebekah nodded in agreement and smiled softly at one another.
'As nice as it is to witness this girl power moment,' Klaus muttered sarcastically, 'Rebekah, be a dear and move the transitioning werewolf elsewhere.'
Rebekah complied as I shook my head at his tone but otherwise didn't comment though I really wanted to. I could feel Elena's amusement at my reaction, but she suppressed it with her greatest efforts. I gave her a look, telling her I knew what she was thinking and her determination to stay quiet was broken when she snorted in amusement. I reluctantly joined in on her laughter, though I stopped when I heard Klaus' angry voice.
'What the hell is so funny?' He demanded, glaring between the two of us.
'Inside joke, you wouldn't get it' I said, waving my hand dismissively.
Elena snorted again, her mind probably going back to the day when I had witnessed Jeremy trying to order Elena around, rather rudely, just like Klaus had just done to Rebekah. I had told him off and when he had told me that I wasn't his mother and I couldn't tell him what to do, I told him he was right and I would punish him as a sister would. So the next day, when he had brought a girl friend over, I had made sure to plant all of my stuffed animals on his bed, along with the Justin Bieber poster I had taken from Elena's room. I had to buy her a new one when Jeremy tore it from his wall and ripped it in half but it had been so worth it. Jeremy had apologized for his behaviour and since he hadn't ordered us to do anything like we were his personal slaves, which Elena and I both appreciated.
'So what do we do now? Just sit around and wait?' I asked, looking around the empty gym, my eyes stopping on the two teenagers briefly as I took their new fear and pain before my eyes came to a stop on Klaus.
'What else do you suggest, love?' Klaus asked.
'I'm hungry.' I said, giving him a big smile.
He looked like he was trying not to laugh at my expression, but I knew that was only for Elena's benefit seeing as he knew I could sense his emotions.
'This is a hostage situation, love. I'm not going to feed you.' Klaus said after he had managed to school his expression into a faux glare.
'Well that doesn't make a change from these past few months then.' I muttered, turning to Elena, 'you know he kept forgetting to feed me? Terrible kidnapper this one, I almost died from starvation, Elena!' I said, noting that I was being overdramatic but I was trying to make him feel bad; I really was hungry, despite the circumstances.
'I thought you looked thinner.' Elena commented as she looked me over; I was still wearing my high waisted shorts and pink laced crop top, my jacket was still in the truck seeing as Klaus hadn't been nice enough to let me grab it before he dragged me out of there.
'Exactly, I'm basically wasting away!' I agreed, turning back to Klaus ignoring the way his eyes were lustfully raking over my body, 'so…food?'
'I'm not getting you any food.' He said, his voice final, making me roll my eyes.
'Whatever, grumpy.' I mumbled, as Elena went over to the two compelled teenagers, making sure they were okay, 'I'll go and get it! Elena do you have food in your locker?'
'Yeah, I think I have a few cereal bars stashed in there!' She shouted over to me, 'the combination is still the same.'
'Great, I'll be two minutes.' I said as I turned to open the gym doors, only to be blocked off by Klaus.
'You're not going anywhere, love.' Klaus growled.
'It's literally just there,' I pointed past him to the row of lockers along the wall, 'you can watch me the entire time, I'm not going to try anything; I just want food.'
He studied my expression for a moment before he nodded and let me past, I felt his eyes on me as I walked half way down the corridor before I stopped at Elena's locker and I opened it, I immediately grinned when I saw she had the double chocolate chip kind of cereal bars, aka my favorite. I also noticed a small vial of vervain in the bottom corner and without thinking about it I put it in my front pocket, feeling like I'd need it later. After I'd grabbed all three of the bars there, I slammed the door shut, putting two of them in my back pocket as I wasted no time in opening one and eating it.
'So good.' I moaned in approval as I walked straight past Klaus and back into the gym, I turned to him when I heard him shut the door behind me, 'want a bite?'
He shook his head but smiled a little, showing off his dimples, I forced myself to turn away before I stared too long. I walked over to Elena and the two teenagers, whose names I still didn't know.
'Anyone want a cereal bar?' I asked, holding out the two I had stashed in my back pocket.
'You took them all?' Elena said, surprised.
'Incase anyone else was hungry!' I said defensively, 'is anyone else hungry?'
The woman, who introduced herself as Dana smiled and accepted one of the bars while the man, whose name was Chad and Elena denied my offer. I shrugged and split the third bar and gave half to Dana while I happily ate the other. I had just swallowed my last mouthful when the doors to the gym slammed open when Stefan crashed through them. He looked terrible; he had a bloodstain on the front of his shirt and he looked weak from the amount of times Rebekah and Klaus had snapped his neck. I felt Elena stiffen next to me and I placed my hand over hers in comfort, and to keep her next to me.
'Come to save your damsel, mate?' Klaus asked from his seat on the bleachers.
'I came to ask your forgiveness. And to pledge my loyalty to you.' Stefan said, stopping in front of Klaus and I had to bite my lip to stop myself from snorting at how insincere he sounded. I looked over to Klaus and noticed his eyes were already on me, probably trying to read Stefan's true intentions as I read them; I shrugged and kept my expression blank.
'You've broke that pledge once already.' Klaus replied, his eyes finally moving to Stefan's.
'Elena means nothing to me anymore, and whatever you ask of me I will do.' Stefan said, basically lying through his teeth.
'Fair enough,' Klaus stood, walking over to the four of us, 'let's drink on it.'
'I should probably warn you; I've been told that my blood tastes disgusting. You know like, sewage.' I said to Stefan.
'Not you, love. And I can assure you, your blood is divine.' Klaus said, his eyes darkening lustfully as his gaze flickered to the shoulder he had fed from a few days prior.
'I'd rather you fed from me than them.' I said, positioning myself so that Dana and Chad were behind me, Stefan stepped forward and I stepped back.
'No, Stefan don't! He cant hurt me, he already said-,' She was cut off when I basically tackled her from the side, knocking her to the floor and out of the way of the slap Klaus had been aiming towards her. Stefan snapped when he realized what Klaus had been about to do and he charged for Klaus, of course Klaus seemed to have been expecting this and had him pinned to the wall by his throat in five seconds. I took Stefan's pain but left his anger, knowing it would give him strength. I looked over to Elena to make sure she was all right but her eyes were fixed on Stefan.
'She means nothing to you? Your lies just keep piling up.' Klaus said, shouting in Stefan's face.
'Let her go! I'll do whatever you want, you have my word!' Stefan said, his voice desperate. I looked over to Elena and noticed a tear trailing down her cheek, I gently wiped it away as I pulled her to my chest, sending comforting waves to her.
'Your word doesn't mean much! I lived by your word all summer, during which time I never had to resort to this.' Klaus leaned closer to Stefan as he compelled him, 'now stop fighting.'
'Don't do this,' Stefan begged.
'I didn't want to. All I wanted was your allegiance, now it looks like I'm going to have to take it.' Klaus said.
'Don't, don't.' Stefan murmured.
'You will do exactly as I say when I say it. You will not run, you will not hide, you will simply just obey.' Klaus compelled him.
'No, Stefan!' Elena said, I swear I literally felt her heart break. I kissed her hair and let her go to move in front of Dana and Chad, knowing what Klaus would make him do next and in that moment I was angrier than I had ever been in my entire life. How could he do this? He claims to want allegiance but he doesn't give people the choice as to whether they give it? He tried to hit my sister and he just compelled Stefan to basically give up his free will, the bastard.
'Now, kill them,' Klaus said, smirking when Stefan stepped forward without hesitation, though it did drop almost immediately when he noticed me standing in front of them protectively.
'You might want to move, love.' Klaus said, actually sounding concerned.
'No.' I said holding my hands out in front of me, I decided to try something different. I could send waves of comfort to people in distress, so in theory I could do that with just about any emotion, right?
'Love, I will not ask again.' Klaus said, placing a hand on Stefan's chest as he went to attack regardless of the fact that I was in the way.
'No, Klaus. You've gone too far this time and I'm not just going to stand to the side and take their pain and their fear. I'm going to give you a taste of exactly what I've been through this summer.' I said, holding out my hands in front of me as I pulled all of the fear, pain and suffering that I had taken from their victims this summer to the surface. It was like I was living it all over again, seeing as everything had to pass through me first before they went out to where I was directing them, but I knew I had to keep going. I closed my eyes as the faces of each person passed through my head like a slide show, which triggered the guilt that had grown watching each and every person die without being able to do anything about it. I heard Klaus and Stefan's cries of pain, but I also heard my own and I felt myself fall to my knees; exerting this much power was making me weak, but I refused to stop.
'Stop this!' Klaus said, I could hear the pain in his voice but I could also feel a slither of concern for me.
'Dana, Chad get out of here. Now!' I shouted with my eyes still closed as I tried to stay focused. I vaguely registered the sounds of two pairs of feet running away as I carried on fixating on the pain; I had reached the pain I had taken from the hybrids in transition, and I heard Stefan and Klaus' cries get louder as I hit them with twelve people's pain all at once; I had to bite my lip to keep my own cries at bay.
'Kim! Stop, they've gone, you need to stop!' Elena said, concern evident in her voice.
My eyes snapped open and I couldn't believe what I was seeing; Stefan was passed out on the floor, the pain apparently got too much for him while Klaus was on his knees as he cried out in pain. But that wasn't what shocked me, what shocked me to my core was the golden light that was shining around Stefan, Klaus and me; it almost looked like a bubble with how thin and sheer it was, yet gold light was still erupting from it as well as the light that was coming from my hands and moving in Klaus' direction. I looked over to my left where Elena was standing and noticed, that even though she was trying her hardest, she couldn't get through. I dropped my hands from in front of me, and though that seemed to stop the pain that was still shimmering through me from going to Klaus, it didn't stop the lights coming from my hands, and it didn't make the shield drop. I looked over to Klaus and I could feel the panic on my face as well as the pain that I couldn't push back down. Klaus looked alarmed and he came over to my side without hesitation, despite what I had just done to him, he wrapped his arm around me and pulled me into his side.
'Easy, love' Klaus murmured, his other hand stroking my hair.
'I don't know how to make it stop.' I said, though my panic was subsiding as Klaus continued to stroke my hair and whisper comfortingly to me, 'it hurts,' I whimpered, hating myself for showing a weakness but I couldn't help it.
Klaus said nothing, but he did continue to hold me close and I felt my eyes flutter shut as my heartbeat went back down to a normal level, once I realized I had calmed down, my eyes snapped open. I looked down to my hands and noticed that nothing was coming out of them and the shield that had surrounded us not a moment before was now gone, I hadn't registered this for a second when I suddenly felt myself being tackled, of course because Klaus was still holding me we both went down to the ground. I looked up and noticed that Elena was basically lying on top of me as she squeezed me in a death grip, while Klaus was below me. In other words I was in a Klaus/Elena sandwich.
'Um, Elena- can't-breathe' I huffed out, laughing when she stood up with a huff, she offered me her hand and I took it, turning back to offer Klaus my hand only to see he had already stood up.
'What the hell was that?' I said looking around as if I was searching for evidence that it had actually happened, when I saw Stefan still unconscious on the ground I gulped, 'he's not dead is he?' I murmured.
'I have no idea, but whatever that was, I couldn't get through.' Elena said, her voice somewhat curious and impressed.
'I don't even know how I did that,' I said, looking down at my hands, shocked that I had managed to bring an Original down to his knees, I looked up at him and narrowed my eyes accusingly, 'it's your fault.'
'How so, love?' Klaus smirked.
'You pissed me off! You need to stop doing that.' I muttered, ignoring his chuckle as I walked over to Stefan I kneeled down, placing his head on my lap, I reached into my front pocket and pulled out the vial of vervain I had found in Elena's locker earlier. Grateful that my back was to Klaus and Elena at that moment, I gently opened Stefan's mouth and tipped the vervain down his throat; I had a feeling he was going to need it. I put the empty vial back into my pocket and placed his head back onto the floor as I went to stand by Elena, linking my arm through hers to ease some of her worry.
'How did you do it?' I blurted out as I met Klaus' eyes, he looked to me, confused as to what I was asking so I continued, 'whenever I can't control the emotions, whenever they become too much, you bring me back. How?'
'I don't know, love.' Klaus said with a shrug, looking like he was wondering that himself.
'What about what that witch told you? About you feeling content whenever your with one another?' Elena suggested, looking between the both of us.
'Nah, she was mental.' I said, dismissing that theory immediately.
'Didn't she say that you'd need to be around each other to be content or whatever though?' Elena pressed.
Klaus and I shared a look before I answered, 'yes but that was after we had sex and drank each other's blood at the same time' I muttered, willing myself not to blush.
'And I'll take it you haven't done that?' Elena smirked as she noticed my growing discomfort.
'No. Not exactly.' I mumbled, looking anywhere but the smirking faces of Elena and Klaus, 'he drank mine but I haven't drank his. I don't know why we're talking about this, this has nothing to do with that!'
'Well maybe the bond will get stronger if you both do it.' Elena suggested,
'I am done with this conversation.' I muttered, looking over to Stefan, willing him to wake up and allow a subject change.
Elena laughed and I could hear Klaus chuckling- unbelievable! He had drunk her blood to her death and yet now they were both joining forces to embarrass me! Rude.
'I do not like this, if you two could go back to hating each other that would be fantastic,' I said, gesturing in between them both.
Klaus rolled his eyes and opened his mouth to reply when suddenly Stefan shot up, gasping for breath. I looked over to him, feeling a little guilty as I unconsciously hid behind Elena. What? I knew he wouldn't be angry with her seeing as she hadn't done it, plus he was in love with her.
'You alright, mate?' Klaus asked from where he stood, his hands clasped behind his back.
'Not really. What the hell happened?' Stefan asked, rubbing his head.
'Klaus snapped your neck! I know, total psycho, we all agree with you there, Stefan.' I said, forcing myself to stop when I noticed that I was rambling.
Stefan looked over to Klaus as if he was trying to remember that happening but when he noticed that Klaus was giving me an amused look his eyes flickered to me and I gave him a sheepish smile.
'In my defense, this is all Klaus' fault.' I started, continuing when Klaus' brow quirked in amusement, 'he compelled you to obey him and then he told you to kill Dana and Chad so I decided to make you feel some of the pain I took over the summer until you passed out.' I said, talking so fast I wasn't sure if any of them would be able to understand me, 'so to conclude. Klaus' fault.' I nodded for emphasis when Stefan just continued to stare at me, his expression one of complete shock.
'Blame me if you like love, but you still did that.' Klaus said, referring to the unconscious state Stefan had been in moments before.
'I will blame you, because I wouldn't have had to do it if you hadn't made Stefan kill them! You know what you are the most annoying, infuriating, immature, psychotic, impulsive alpha male I have ever met!' I said, turning to Klaus and listing off the qualities on one hand as I stepped closer to him until I came to a stop an inch away from him.
I noticed that Klaus didn't look or feel angry, instead he looked like he was trying not to burst out laughing, which infuriated me more.
'It is not funny.' I said, my voice dangerously low. He tried to school his expression but failed miserably and a small laugh slipped out from between his lips, I was about to lunge for him when I felt myself being pulled back, I looked over and noticed it was Elena.
'Calm down.' Elena said, sounding amused herself; I looked between her and Klaus with an incredulous expression on my face.
'Excuse me, but why are you both laughing at me?' I demanded.
'I'm sorry but you might as well be an angry kitten right now.' Elena replied as she laughed for real this time, Klaus and Stefan joining in.
'I am more dangerous than-' I was cut off my Rebekah suddenly slamming through the gym doors, heading straight for Elena, looking pissed.
'Where the bloody hell is my necklace?' She screeched coming to a stop in front of Elena.
'What are you talking about?' Klaus asked, coming to stand at Rebekah's side.
Rebekah handed him the phone in her hand as an explanation and when he saw what was on it his eyes darkened as he looked over to Stefan and glared.
'Well, well more lies.' He muttered, angrily.
'Where is it?' Rebekah demanded and I felt myself stiffen, knowing she was going to attack Elena no matter what she answered; the anger was pouring from her.
'I don't have it anymore.' Elena answered, and I could tell she was telling the truth, but that didn't matter.
'Liar!' Rebekah screeched and I pushed Elena to the floor as I moved to where she had been standing a moment before. I felt her grab my head and pull it roughly to the side as she roughly sank her fangs into my neck; I was horrible, when Klaus had fed from me before it had actually been pleasurable, but Rebekah was sinking all of her teeth into me as well as her fangs, and I had to bite my lip to stop myself from screaming in pain. I felt myself being thrown to the floor on top of Elena; I winced and rolled off her quickly.
'Are you okay?' I asked her, hoping I hadn't done her too much damage.
She gave me an incredulous look as she helped me off the floor, 'are you okay?' She gently moved my hair away from the side of my neck to inspect the wound and I pretended not to notice her eyes widen in horror. I took her worry and concern as I pulled my hair back over my neck as I tried to ignore the fact that I felt like I was missing a huge chunk of skin.
'I'm fine.' I lied, looking over to Klaus as he roughly grabbed Rebekah to stop her from going after Elena again.
'Knock it off!' He shouted.
'Make her tell me where it is, Nik!' She shouted, though I could see and feel her guilt when she realized it was me she fed from and not Elena. Klaus brought both of his hands in front of his face in a praying position as he smiled in irritation. He walked slowly over to Elena as he asked her where the necklace was.
'Katherine stole it.' Elena answered.
'Katarina, of course' Klaus murmured.
'I'm just gonna sit right here…' I said, basically collapsing on the floor, bringing Elena with me. I could feel Elena's concern and I looked to her and gave her a reassuring smile, 'I'm fine. I'm just very tired.'
'Stay awake, Kim!' Elena said as she shook me, her voice urgent.
'I'm awake, Elena, geez.'
I brought my hand to my neck and winced as my hand touched the open wound, I pulled it back and stared at the excessive amount of blood on my hand and something clicked in my mind.
'It's the blood.' I murmured, looking up to Elena, 'the hybrids aren't transitioning because they need your blood to complete the transition.'
Elena's eyes widened at my words but she didn't seem too surprised and I knew that was because of the concern I could feel that she had for me, I took it and sent her a reassuring wave. But apparently me doing that when I already felt incredibly weak wasn't the best idea. I looked over to Klaus and Rebekah, and noticed Stefan on the floor with his neck snapped for the first time, I frowned when I couldn't remember when that happened and figured it must have been when Rebekah's fangs were in my neck. I could feel myself suddenly go light headed as I fell back onto the gym floor; too weak to even sit up now.
'Kim!' Elena shouted, shaking my shoulder as she tried to get me to respond but I couldn't manage anything more than a groan.
I felt another presence at the opposite side of me and felt myself being pulled up and a wrist being pressed to my lips. I managed to swallow the little that had made its way into my mouth without any help from me, and it gave me the strength to open my mouth and wrap my lips around the blood that was flowing. I kept drinking until I felt my strength return and once I was done, I slumped back against the body that was holding me up as I sighed in relief.
'Are you okay, love?' Klaus murmured in my ear, his hot breath tickling the side of my now healed neck, making goose bumps rise over my skin.
'Yeah. Thanks for that.' I said, patting the arm that he had wrapped around my bare waist as I tried to ignore the tingles zapping throughout my body.
'No worries, love.' Klaus said as he helped me stand, I squeezed his hand silently thanking him again, before I reached down to help Elena up from the floor. I hugged her in reassurance before I pulled back and left my arm around her waist.
'Now what?' I asked, looking to Klaus, 'if Elena's blood is what you need to complete the transition, what are you going to do?'
'I'm going to test your theory, love.' Klaus flashed away for a moment before he returned with a small test tube, he walked over to Elena slowly after he told Rebekah to go back to Tyler.
'May I?' He said to Elena, though we both knew he wasn't really asking. I squeezed her arm reassuringly, silently letting her know that she wouldn't feel a thing, because I would make sure she wouldn't.
She rolled up her sleeve and Klaus pulled out a scalpel and dragged it across her skin; I took the pain created from it before Elena had a chance to register it. Klaus filled the vial with the blood before offering Elena a gulp of his own blood to stop the bleeding. He gestured for us to follow him as he walked down the corridor into the science lab, where Tyler had just woken up.
'What's going on? What's happening to me?' Tyler asked, on the verge of freaking out, I took his panic before it got too much, while Klaus walked further into the room and knelt beside him.
'Drink this.' He said, holding the vial out to him. Tyler hesitated and looked to Caroline, who was being held back by Rebekah.
'No, no, no, Tyler, don't!' She said as she struggled to get from Rebekah's grip.
'He'll die anyway, sweetheart. Bottoms up.' Klaus smirked when Tyler took the vial from him and drank it in one go. He immediately fell to his back as he began coughing and crying out in pain; I took the pain from him and winced when I felt how much there was. Tyler gathered himself and suddenly sat up on his knees, his eyes glowing yellow, his fangs barred and black veins underneath his eyes.
'Well, that's a good sign.' Klaus smiled, patting Tyler on the shoulder.
'Much better than crying tears of blood,' I agreed, smiling as I realized that Tyler was going to be okay.
Klaus hummed in agreement as he abruptly stood, making his way over to Elena like a predator stalking its prey. I moved Elena behind me protectively as I faced him head on; I didn't like how he was looking at her.
'I don't know what you're thinking right now, but I definitely do not like that look in your eyes.' I muttered stepping back and inevitably forcing Elena to step back as well.
'If Elena's blood is the key, then I'm going to need much more of it.' Klaus muttered, his voice dangerously low.
'So what you're just going to bleed her dry?' I said, hearing Elena bump into the lockers, bringing me to a stop as well.
'You'll forgive me for this later, love.' Klaus murmured, actually sounding genuinely regretful as he grabbed my head and slammed me into the lockers, making the whole world go black as I fell into the darkness.
I groaned at the pain in my skull as I regained consciousness.
What the hell happened? I wondered, then all of a sudden the whole night came rushing back to me and I sat up, only to see that I was on the floor in the hospital car park. How the bloody hell did I get here? I looked over to my right where I saw Damon and Klaus fighting, seeing as I didn't think Damon was going to get himself killed I left him to it and went into the hospital, looking for Elena. I found her unconscious in a bed with several different tubes in her arms. I realized that one of them was keeping her sedated while the other was taking her blood. The bastard. I reached forward and pulled the tubes swiftly out of her arms before I then looked around for a wheel chair because there was no way I was going to be able to carry her out of here, I was strong but I couldn't carry her when she was practically a dead weight. I jumped when I felt someone come up behind me, but I relaxed when I felt that it wasn't Klaus, but Damon.
'Can you carry her?' I asked him, my voice soft.
He nodded and stepped forward, sweeping her into his arms bridal style. I trailed behind them as I tried not to eavesdrop on them having what appeared to be a moment when Elena came to for just a moment before she lapsed back into unconsciousness again.
'What did he do to her?' Damon asked once he had laid Elena on the back seat of his car with her head on my lap.
'He was taking her blood, he figured out that her blood is what completes the hybrids' transition' I said, my voice soft as I tried to avoid waking Elena.
Damon didn't say anything else as we made the trip back to the boarding house, I asked him to help me put her to bed and he complied, laying her in the same bed that Jenna and I had shared all those months ago. I kissed her forehead after I took off her shoes and tucked her under the covers, before I went back down stairs to ask Damon what he had done to run Klaus off. When I walked into the living room I noticed that Damon wasn't alone; Stefan was there too.
'Hey.' I said, feeling awkward.
Stefan gave me a soft smile before he returned my greeting, 'hey.'
'How are you?' I asked him, moving to sit on the sofa opposite him.
'I'm fine. You know, the funniest thing happened, Klaus tried to compel me to turn my humanity off but it didn't work. Any idea how?' He questioned me, looking as if he already knew the answer.
'You are very strong willed?'
Damon snorted as Stefan laughed, 'I don't know when you did it, but thank you.'
'No problem, if only I'd done it before he compelled you to obey everything he says.' I muttered, slightly annoyed.
'About that, he's ordered me to look after you and Elena while he's gone.' Stefan said, giving me a worried glance before he briefly looked to the ceiling where Elena was sleeping.
'Gone?' I asked, looking over to Damon.
'Yep. Katherine and me went on a little road trip and found out about a vampire hunter who hunts vampires that Klaus is apparently terrified of. Just the mention of his name made him leave with his tail in between his legs.' Damon muttered, sipping on his bourbon.
'Let me guess… Mikael?' I asked, my eyes flickering to Stefan when I remembered him quizzing Rebekah about who her and Klaus had been running from in the twenties.
'Yup.' Damon answered.
'Well what are we going to do?' I wondered, rubbing my eyes to make myself stay awake, which I needn't have bothered because Damon's next words made my blood run cold enough to snap me out of my sleepy daze with a jolt.
'We're going to find him, and he's going to help us kill Klaus.'
That's chapter eleven! I really liked writing this chapter, it was nice to bring back the sister relationship, I've been missing the bond that Elena and Kim have! I also liked drifting from the actual story line a little- Stefan still having his humanity on I think is going to be a major game changer! Let me know what you think!
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