His Greatest Weakness

Ch.9: Let It In

 It was a dark night in New Orleans, as Caroline Forbes stood in a dark alley, feeding from yet another human. Because of her mother dying of cancer recently, she had turned her humanity off. Now she had no care in the world. Without her humanity on, she felt nothing. She didn't care about anyone or anything. She had succumbed to the darkest parts of herself. Her only feelings were of hatred, revenge, and wreaking havoc everywhere.

Just as she had finished and dropped the body to the ground, she sensed a presence. She knew by the scent who it was before turning around to face him, still vamped out.

"Caroline?" he questioned, before she turned around to face him.

"What are you doing here?" she growled, showing no emotion towards him except irritation at the interruption.

As soon as she spoke, he knew automatically that her humanity was off.

He put a hand on her arm.

"What has happened? You're leaving quite a mess for me. This isn't like you. I know you, luv," he said with sympathy.

"You wouldn't understand," she growled and yanked his gentle hand off her arm, going to walk off.

For a moment, he was shocked at her hostility, but didn't let it show. He had let her go one too many times in Mystic Falls. He wasn't letting her go again; especially, with her humanity off. So, before she could leave him in the dust, he grabbed her by the arm a little tighter than he had before.

"Sorry, luv. I can't let you walk away."

A moment later, he vanished for home with a very disapproving Caroline.

Half an hour later, he had her in his room at the compound where he and his family lived.

She tried to pull her arm out of his grip.

"Let me go!" she yelled at him, in which he obliged. He still kept an eye on her, though. He knew she could be feisty, but he had never dealt with her without her humanity. Now it looked like it was his turn to bring out her humanity. She had done the same for him.

 A few weeks later, after working to get her to turn it on, he finally succeeded. Sure, he could've compelled her, but he would never take her free will away from her. It wasn't in him when it came to Sweet Caroline.

Later, after she turned it on, he helped her deal with what she had done while her humanity had been off, as well as deal with the loss of her mother.

In the end, she chose to stay in New Orleans with Klaus, finally accepting what she had known for months; that she was in love with Klaus Mikaelson.