Restart (Caroline/Damon Fanfic) *Discontinued*

Chapter 24: Chase

Past

On the Saturday morning, Caroline wandered down to the basement in the boarding house, hoping that Damon would follow her down. She stood inside the cell and took a deep breath, she was nervous after all. They were going to Detroit, Michigan where Klaus was that day. It wasn't five minutes later when she saw Damon poking his head into the cell with a smirk.

"What are you doing, princess?" Damon smirked and she gave him what she hoped was a sexy look.

"Waiting for you, obviously." She winked and he chuckled then stepped into the cell and put his arms around her waist. Sheila told her that she wasn't sure if the vampire blood would work to bring her back after Sheila stopped her heart but it was a risk that Caroline was willing to take. She brought her lips up to Damon's and she kissed him. He kissed her back but felt a little confused at the urgency in the kiss. She'd kissed him like that before... wait... just as he was starting to pull away he felt the sting in his thigh and he snapped his head back to look at her.

"What are you doing?" He gasped wide-eyed.

"I love you." She said so tenderly that his stomach fluttered while he fell to the ground - though, he'd been building up tolerance for weeks, so he didn't pass out right away. "I'm sorry, but I need you to stay safe." Caroline disclosed with tears welling in her eyes.

"What? Where are you going?" He interrogated panicked, knowing that she was clearly about to do something dangerous.

"I need to make sure that everyone stays alive." Caroline answered. "Be safe." She bid softly and Damon's eyes bugged at the fact he was pretty sure that she was going after Klaus.

"No... Caroline..." He was starting to lose consciousness.

"In case I don't come back..." She started and his eyes locked with hers and she saw the horror on his face at the thought of that. "Compel my mother not to be hurt." She instructed. "And... These past few weeks with you were the best of my life." She admitted and he felt his heart clench uncomfortably.

"Mine too." He whispered then his eyes closed and he was passed out. She stared at him for a moment then left the cell and locked him in.

Caroline went upstairs and talked Stefan into going over to Sheila's house with her. He left Elena with Zack, thinking that he'd no doubt be back soon. Stefan drove them over to the elder witch's house then they went inside. As soon as Stefan was in the door, Caroline stuck him with a vervain dart and he fell to the ground and his last moments of consciousness were spent staring at Caroline trying to understand why she'd done that.

Sheila went into his mind and unlocked the part of it that was compelled, to release the memories that were there of 'Nick'. Once she'd done that, she put the control spell on him and he had no choice but to do as she said. As soon as that was done, they jumped into Caroline's car and she started to drive them out of Mystic Falls as fast as she could go as it was a nine hour car journey.

Damon groggily opened his eyes then the panic set in. He climbed to his feet then went over to the door.

"STEFAN!" Damon yelled as loudly as he could. "STEFAN!" He yelled again and moments later Elena appeared.

"Oh my God! Why are you in there?" Elena asked shocked.

"Let me out, Elena." Damon pleaded. She reached forward to the bolt and unlocked it and let him out. "Where's Stefan?" He probed.

"He left with Caroline to go to Sheila's house." Elena responded and Damon's eyes widened.

"He knew?" Damon snarled.

"Knew what? What's going on?" Elena questioned worriedly.

"I'm pretty sure that Caroline, Sheila and Stefan are going after Klaus." Damon revealed infuriated and her jaw dropped.