"Thank goodness you are all alright" Freya said relieved.
"Yes we made it back without a scratch" Elijah said.
"Freya could you show Caroline the guest bedroom, it's been a long night" Nik asked.
"Sure, come on and then I'll go round up some pajamas and clothes for you" she said as Caroline followed her up the stairs.
"You must be exhausted love, come on" Kol said to Elena they headed up the stairs.
"We need to find Tyler before something like this happens again" Nik said as they headed off to the living room for a much needed drink.
"That we do, but what do we do about the girls...they do have school" Elijah wanted to know.
"I believe he wouldn't be so stupid as to try anything while they are there. Just have to make sure they are never alone until we find him and get rid of him once and for all" Nik said quietly.
Once inside his bedroom he held her in his arms, finally able to release the tension that had built up inside him.
"I think I"m going to get a shower and crawl into bed" she said as she yawned.
"Ok love, I'm going to get a much needed drink downstairs. I will be up in a little while" he said as he gave her a kiss and left her alone in the room.
Elena headed towards the bathroom to take a nice hot shower, afterwards she got dressed and crawled into Kol's huge bed. As she thought about what had happened tonight her eyes drifted shut for some much needed sleep.
Caroline stood in the shower letting the water cascade down her body, thinking about what happened tonight. Knowing Klaus would kill Tyler if he found him. She stepped out of the shower and dressed in the pajamas Freya had laid out on the bed, then climbed into the bed and drifted off to sleep no longer wanting to think about Tyler's betrayal.
"How's Elena?" Elijah asked.
"She was going to take a shower, then sleep" Kol said exhausted as Nik handed him a drink.
"Guess I should have asked how are you doing" his brother said.
"Good, I'll feel even better when we get our hands on Tyler Lockwood so I can rip is bloody arms off" Kol said downing his drink and getting another.
"Well we won't stop until we find him, he wants me then he best come get me" Nik said staring down into his glass.
"So how do we protect the girls until we find him or comes after you again?" Kol wanted to know.
"We figured he wouldn't be so stupid to try anything while they're at school, so they should be safe as long as they stick together in a crowd of people" Nik answered.
"It didn't stop him with two Originals close to Elena's house when he grabbed them" Kol reminded his brother.
"We will just have to make sure he doesn't get another chance, Elena and Caroline need to stay here until he reappears" Elijah said.
"Getting Caroline to stay here until then should be interesting...unless Nik plans to ply her with alcohol every night" Kol chuckled making Elijah and Nik laugh.
"I'll have you know Kol, I can be very charming. Caroline will come around. Speaking of I'm going to check in on her to make sure she is sleeping" Nik said with a grin.
"I'll have to take your word for it, well Elijah I'm going to head upstairs myself so goodnight" Kol said as he was headed upstairs before his brother stopped him.
"Kol? You did good tonight, take care of her" Elijah said as he poured himself another drink and Kol continued up the stairs to his room.
As he neared where the guest bedroom was the door was open so he peeked in to see NIk cover Caroline up. He smiled to himself and headed to his room. He closed the door the quietly, got undressed and crawled into bed next to his reason for existing after a thousand years. He loved watching her sleep, at how peaceful she looked without a care in the world.
The next morning both girls were up and dressed, and headed downstairs towards the dining room when Caroline stopped suddenly, looking back up the stairs making Elena look too.
"What" Elena asked quietly.
"I thought I heard something...wait there it is again" she said not taking her eyes away from the top of the stairs.
"Freya could be doing spells or maybe Rebekah doing something" she said ,hoping that it was.
"I see you two are up, there's breakfast if you want it..." Rebekah trailed off as both girls whipped their heads around to look at her.
"Is Freya downstairs?" Elena asked barely above a whisper knowing Rebekah could hear her.
"She came down when I did. Why are we whispering?" she asked when Caroline looked back up the stairs, this time she heard the noise too.
Elena gently pulled on Caroline's arm and they hurried downstairs to stand by Rebekah as the three of them were looking to see what would appear that was making that noise. Suddenly the noise grew louder and was making a whooshing sound. As they were standing there watching, the three of them didn't hear Freya walk up.
"What are you three looking at?" she asked making them all jump and turning to look at her, as the sound was getting closer.
"We're not sure yet" Rebekah said waiting to see what was coming and now Freya was looking along with them.
Nik, Elijah and Kol could see the four of them looking up the stairs and thought that odd to say the least. Once they neared they were hearing it too.
"What is that?" Kol asked making them jump and four sets of eyes turned to look at him before they resumed what they were doing.
"Whose up there? Come out now and show yourself" Nik spoke loudly. Just then a big black crow appeared frantically trying to find it's way out. He walked over to the front door and opened it and the bird flew past him out into the morning light. They all were relieved and each either giggled or smirked that five vampires, a witch and a human were all looking up the stairs waiting to see what would appear at the top.
"Well that was interesting" Elijah said looking at Nik.
"Ok we need to get to school so we aren't late" Elena said.
"I'll drive you today and one of us will there to pick you up" Kol said as they headed towards his car.
"Sucks feeling like a prisoner" Caroline said from the backseat.
"Once they find him Care things will go back to normal I promise" Elena said to reassure her.
"I hope so" she said staring out the window.
The rest of the ride to school was in silence, as Kol reached over for Elena's hand and brought it to his lips. Caroline watched how gentle he was with her best friend, bringing a smile to her lips. Making her think of last night when Klaus had kissed her hand, wishing she had what Elena did with Kol.
"Alright love here we are, I'll text you later so you know who is picking you up" Kol said leaning over and kissing Elena.
"Thanks for the ride" Caroline said as she was getting out of the car.
"Your welcome" he said warmly as Elena had started to get out.
"Elena...I love you" he said getting her attention.
"I love you too" she answered back smiling. He watched as they got to the front door and drove back home.
