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It took every ounce of strength that Klaus had to keep from losing his temper with Tyler. He held onto Caroline to keep himself from turning and going after his young, hybrid experiment. Tyler was just a pawn in his many life threatening games, but he hated that somehow he'd gotten Caroline in spite of Klaus's many attempts with win over her heart. He'd do anything for her, but with that being said it gave him the great disadvantage of not being able to kill Tyler. He wasn't a fan of not being able to eliminate the problem that frequently stood in his way, but he knew that he still needed him anyway.

His body relaxed when Tyler grudgingly had left. He figured that he'd probably go off and pout. Slowly he laid Caroline back down on the ground. He could feel every muscle in her body tense as she moaned in pain. "Just relax, Love."

"I can't… I hurt, Klaus." A tear slid down her face as she moaned in pain.

Klaus placed his hand over part of her ribcage. Caroline cried out in pain. He was being as gentle as he could be. Her cries made his heart ache. He wanted so badly to take away her pain. He could feel her ribs healing, but at the slowest rate that he had ever felt in a vampire. This wasn't normal and he had no idea what was causing it.

"Caroline, I'm going to look at it okay?" He asked for permission to take a glance under her shirt.

Caroline nodded her head. "Fix it, just fix it, Klaus!" She cried in pain. The pain was becoming increasingly more painful. She wasn't sure how much longer she could remain conscious.

As carefully as he could, Klaus rolled Caroline's shirt up to the bottom of her bra. There was massive bruising already forming on her lower ribs. Even in a human those bruises don't appear that quickly. It was as though her vampirism was working against her. It had sped up the damage done, but slowed down the healing.

"We're going to try something, Love." He told her as he pulled her shirt back down and raised her body up again.

Caroline could feel the pressure of being crunched up when Klaus had carefully raised her up a bit. She was having a hard time breathing, but trusted him.

Klaus allowed himself to turn enough to bite his wrist. Gently he put it up to her mouth. "Let's heal you up, Love."

Caroline started to drink the hybrid's blood and could feel her body healing like it should be. "It's working." She pulled away for a second to reassure him then drank some more. She hadn't had much more before she pulled away. An overwhelmingly sick feeling welled up inside of her. The blood began coming back up her throat and choking her. She pulled away from Klaus and bent over as a fit of coughing erupted from deep within her.

"I…can't…breath…" She choked out. She spit as much blood out as possible. Her aches and pains were healed, but an overwhelming weakness began overtaking her, as breathing grew very limited.

"Caroline?" Klaus was on his knees right next to her. Worry creased his forehead. Did he just make her worse? He didn't know what he'd do if something happened to her.

With speedy reflexes, he repositioned himself in front of her. "Come on, Caroline. Take deep breaths. Come on, you can do this, Love." He encouraged her. His eyes darted back and forth from one of her eyes to the next.

Caroline tried every thing in her power to take control of the situation. She slowed down and steadied her breathing. That alone greatly helped her coughing to dissipate. By the time she had quit choking, most of the blood that she had taken in was no longer in her system. Slowly, she looked up at Klaus and tried to stand up.

He could see the exhaustion from all the coughing in her eyes. With every labored breath and attempt to stand up, he could feel her weakening, yet the stubbornness shined through. He admired her strength and determination so much more than he knew that she could ever imagine.

Caroline fought falling down with every ounce of strength that she could muster. She made it to her feet in spite of her body threatening to topple over.

"Caroline, are you okay?" He walked up behind her. Concern deeply filled his voice.

She turned around and weakly smiled at him. "I'm fi-." As she started to speak, blackness filled her world as Caroline began to fall into a deep pit of nothingness. Her body began to topple down to the ground and there was nothing that she could do to bring herself back to the light of day.