"New Life, New Enemies, Love"

Chapter 17 - Caroline

Caroline

I feel numb. Elijah keeps me feed and reminds me to do daily tasks for myself but other then that I haven't been out of my room in a week. I blame myself. I should have known that the bomber was there. I should have ran to Hayley and covered her. It's my fault. I know Klaus blames me.

I hear yelling from somewhere outside my door. Getting up I open my door and walk out of it. The yelling comes from across the court yard. Walking that way I am frozen in my tracks when I realize it's Klaus yelling. "Out of everyone you should understand! I hear a crash and begin again to speed walk to the door, "My unborn child just died Elijah!" I hear Klaus yell then the door to his room is whipped opened. I freeze staring at Klaus. He looks at me then speeds off.

Feeling like dying again I begin to walk slowly back to my room till I hear Elijah, "Caroline."

I turn towards him, at this point I'm trying hard to hold back my tears. I knew Klaus blamed me but the most he could do was just tell me to leave instead of telling me I need to stay till the threat is taken care off whatever the hell that even is anymore. Nothing has happened for over two weeks. I look at him standing in the door way, "Would you like to take a scroll with me?"

I bring my sleeve up to wipe away a stray tear. I don't even know what I want out of life at this point. How can I know if I want to go on a scroll? "Umm, I guess."

Elijah walks up to me extending his arm. I take it grateful to at least have something stable to hang on to because at this point I'm a fucking mess and could break any second. We begin to descend down the steps. Elijah guides me to a SUV and opens the passage side. Looking up at him I ask, "Is this how I die?" Have joking.

Elijah smiles lightly, "No Miss Forbes, I believe this ride will help you want to live."

Elijah stops outside of an old church. It looks to be barely holding on by the hinges, paint is pealing and there looks to be a hole at the very top. Eyeing him I ask, "Are you sure you didn't bring me out here to kill me?"

Elijah smiles getting out of the SUV. Rounding it he opens my door, "I can insure you Miss Forbes I have not brought you here to kill you." Offering his hand I get out, when I do the church doors open reveling Marcel.

"Elijah I can't you believe you got her out of the house! Thank you." Marcel smiles like a child on Christmas. I eye him. "Caroline!" He comes over with open arms and gives me a hug. I return it. "Follow me."

We follow Marcel in, peers are on both sides and an alter is up front with the name "St. Anne's" Marcel stops half way up to the alter and turns looking at me, "Thank you Caroline for coming to help Davina."

"Huh?" I question him while looking at Elijah. He speaks.

"I didn't explain to Miss Forbes why we were here. I thought it better if you did that." He unbuttons his suit jacket and sits down in a peer. "I'll be here when you are done."

"Okay, well Caroline this way," Marcel turns a right at the alter then climbs steps hidden behind a door. Following we reach the top platform where there is a door, Marcel walks thru the door gesturing me thru. Once fully into the room I see a tan skinned young girl, teenage, with long brown hair sitting on the only bed in this "room". "Caroline meet Davina."

Then it all clicks, it feels like forever ago that I was talking to Marcel at Sophie's about his adoptive daughter Davina. I step forward. "Hi Davina, I'm Caroline." I try to muster a smile for her. She looks to be in so much pain but not the physical kind. I understand that.

"Marcel, who is she?" Davina questions.

"She's a friend D, she's here to help." Marcel reaches for door. "You can trust her." With that he leaves. Thanks Marcel. This is the perfect job for me while I'm trying to fight my own demons. Fun.

I begin to walk over to Davina and sit on the end of the bed. Before I get a chance to talk she starts, "Look I don't know what Marcel tell told you but I don't need a therapist. I was dead. Like actually dead. No amount of therapy can help with that."

"Well it's a good thing I'm not a therapist and I have no idea why I was brought here to talk to you." I told her straight out.

"You're a vampire." Davina questions.

"Yah, I am." I tuck a strand of blonde hair behind my ear. "In order to become a vampire you have to die."

"I bet you weren't in an endless black hole. Witches say that once you die that you are brought to where you can learn with the ancestors. It wasn't like that for me." Davina tries to hold it together. "Then when I'm brought back Marcel is right there and already asking me for a favor. I don't know if he wants to use me again. I don't know what I'm suppose to do. I'm so scared!" Davina begins to cry. I reach for her pulling her close to be while she cries, I rub her back and just let her cry into me. This child is so broken, I believe my heart just broke more. Once she is done crying, she looks up at me. "You aren't here to ask for a favor are you?"

I look down say, "No Davina I'm just here as a friend."

"That's good." She leans back up against the head board. "So how did you die?"

"Ha," I say and smile up at her, "short version is that some crazy doppelgänger of my best friend smothered me with a pillow in the hospital."

Davina looks at me and starts to laugh and join in, "that's the short version?" I nod my head and continue to laugh.

An hour later I have a lunch date with Davina. Hugging her goodbye I begin to walk back down the steps. Once I'm rounding the corner back towards the alter I feel sick, as soon as I know I'm going to be sick I'm throwing up blood. I hear foot steps coming closer and yelling.

"Marcel call Klaus!" Elijah yells as he holds my hair back. I'm still coughing up blood. What the hell is going on. After a few more seconds my stomach is empty and I fall but Elijah catches me before I meet the ground. Pinking me up he rushes me out the church doors, carefully setting in me in the passager seat, he's in the drivers side instantly driving back to the compound.

Setting me down on my bed, I actually don't feel bad. I sit up but Elijah is there right away, "Miss Forbes I think it best if you rest."

"Elijah I feel fine now. It wasn't my blood it was just all the blood I had drank. I'm starving, a hamburger sounds good actually." I get back up and head towards the bathroom.

"I'll be right back with that." Elijah leaves the room and I start the shower. This is the most excitement I have had in over a week.