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xxxiii. Escape From New York

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK



RAVEN SALVATORE HAD TO ADMIT, EVEN IN HER EMOTIONLESS STATE OF MIND, SHE WAS LESS THAN ENTHUSIASTIC TO BE HERE. In all honesty, if Klaus hadn't decided to bribe her into agreeing and then dragged her along before she could change her mind, she wouldn't have come. His main argument had been that she was living in his vervain-free mansion and if she decided to act like a pouty child she could find herself a new vervain-free shelter.

Considering that she wasn't particularly in the mood to go on and try to get her home back from Damon and Stefan after that just spontaneously decided to manipulate the lawyer and steal it from her after Zach's death, Raven agreed to go along with it. However, she was already starting to regret her decision when she noticed it was Caroline who was cleaning up the remains of the party from the previous night.

Naturally, Raven had avoided talking to the blonde vampire considering that her reaction to Raven walking around not-so-dead would just be a replica of Stefan's ― big eyes and softly, emotionally gasping her name.

As Raven and the hybrid and the Salvatore boarding house Caroline had just picked up cup from the from the table beside her and emptied the remaining liquor inside the cup with one sip. Klaus, who had clasped his hands behind his back raises an eyebrow at her. "Desperate times, I take it?"

"What are you doing here?" Caroline remarked, trying her best not to think too long about her best friend standing in front of her as an emotionless vampire. "Not judging you, for starters, although if you are determined to get drunk, then perhaps I might recommend something a little more sanitary?" Klaus shrugged the remark off. At his words, Caroline put another cup to her lips and drained the liquor inside, staring straight at Klaus. Then she threw the cup into the bin.

"Well, then. You showed me." Klaus pointed out, and despite his careless attitute, Raven found the hint of a smile on his lips as he spoke. The Salvatore rolled her eyes. "Shouldn't you be out chasing Tyler to the ends of the earth? Or are there still some hopes and dreams you wanna crush around here?" Caroline then pointed out and Klaus titled his head. "Depends. Do you happen to know where the young Brutus is?"

Caroline threw him a stern look. "I know where he's not ― with me. And he gave Matt the deed to the house, so he's gone for good." She told them. With a slight nod, Klaus walked towards her. "Tyler made it his life's mission to kill me. You can't hate me for driving him away."

"Oh, I can, and I do. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to get back to spiraling, so go away." Caroline stated and glared at Klaus once again as Stefan entered the room "Actually, I asked him to be here. We need his help." He informed Caroline. Then the Salvatore turned to Raven and Klaus. "I think Silas is in Mystic Falls."

For a moment it was quiet in the Salvatore Boarding House. Then, Raven broke out in laughter behind them. Oh, this was great. Now they believed into Silas' existence ― after killing Kol for trying to avoid the immortal maniac from beimg released.

The three turned to her, eyebrows half-raised and Klaus amused. "The surrounding hospitals have been raided of blood by someone." Stefan added in an attempt to point out the seriousness of their situation, which Raven more or less ignored.

With a sigh, Klaus poured himself a drink. "So some blood went missing from a few hospitals. What about Elena? Don't vampires with their humanity off tend to overindulge in human blood, or were you the exception?" The hybrid pointed out.

"It's not Elena." Stefan replied dryly. Klaus didn't seem particularly phased by their issue. "Well, let's say for a moment that it was Silas. I'm struggling to see how this affects me." The hybrid pointed out and Stefan sighed once more. "Look. Silas wants to die and be reunited with his one true love, but he's supernatural, so if he takes the cure and dies, he gets stuck on the Other Side."