Captivity | Klaus Mikaelson love story.

~4~

https://open.spotify.com/track/6T7tyXfvNZwAR3XDktNCBi?si=Fi3BXwF4TT-ooA3X7ntn3A

/\ Beautiful Soul - Jesse McCartney

Klaus woke up pretty early, considering he normally woke up at 11 o'clock or later. He sat up and looked around. This wasn't his room. He frowned as he tried to remember the night before. A small snuffle from his right prompted his mind to remember the night before. A small smile wormed onto his face before it disappeared again. Klaus could hear some footsteps walking around: Elijah and Rebekah. Klaus glanced at the clock and saw it read 09:33 and decided that he would get up. He twisted so his feet touched the floor and stretched. His wrist gave a slight pang and he glanced down, surprised to see it hadn't fully healed yet and was an angry red. Klaus shook it off and got out of bed, instantly missing the warmth. He bent down and put his jeans back on. Leaving the still sleeping Carolyn, he fled to his room where he had a long shower. He changed into some loser clothes and slumped down the stairs. He practically fell into his chair at the table, making both of his siblings jump. "Jesus, Nik, you look awful," Rebekah stated, causing the attention of Elijah, Kol, Davina (damned witch) and Hayley (who came back the night before) to stare at him with wonder. "Why do you look so rough, Niklaus?"
"Hangover?" Kol teased, biting into his bacon strip. Klaus rubbed his eyes and hissed slightly at the pain in his wrist, "No, just tired. No sleep for the wicked or something like that," He replied, done with the conversation. The others picked up his vibe and changed the topic to what their plan would be. Klaus listened in carefully and suddenly... the penny dropped.
"Was the house attacked last night?" He asked, voice hard. The room went stiff, "Yes. By 8 vampires." Davina spoke up, unafraid of the original hybrid. Klaus turned his icy glare on her, "Is that why I had to practically bring Carolyn back from the dead last night?" Rebekah and Kol gasped while Davina and Hayley put their hands to their mouths.
"Is young Carolyn alright?" Elijah asked. "She will be. I gave her some of my blood before she died, no, she won't turn into a hybrid either." Rebekah seemed to ease up after that sentence. "The baby?" Davina asked, nervous. "Alive," Klaus answered, biting into his toast. "Good... we're planning a counter-move. They weren't normal vampires, their strengths were increased almost riveling yours, Klaus. And you're the strongest vampire around." Davina spoke, confidence returning. Klaus nodded, thinking. "Oh no, he has that look Elijah... that never means anything good," Kol said. "Brother, a plan is in action, please do not do anything rash. We do not need you to provoke the situation further." Klaus stayed silent. The pain in his wrist grew slightly and he tried to avoid using it.

~

Carolyn woke up around midday feeling sore and stiff, but otherwise a hell of a lot better than she did yesterday. She walked over to her trousers (that were still way too small) and heaved them on, reminding herself to wash her other trousers that day. Carolyn walked down to the ground floor and found it empty. She walked through to the kitchen and found the sink overflowing with plates and bowls. Looking to her right, she also saw a dishwasher. Having a rummage around, Carolyn found some liquid that she could use. Pouring the liquid into the dishwasher, Carolyn began to put the dirty bowls and plates into the dishwasher.

Getting bored with the lack of company, Carolyn looked around for her phone. She found it on the countertop with a sigh of relief. She opened and saw missed calls from James and her sister. She rang James back first.

"Oh my god, Carolyn, where the fuck are you? I've been trying to find you!" Carolyn inhaled slightly. "I'm ok... I just needed to escape for a while... what with you turning into a vampire and my parents dying, I just needed a little while to myself. I'm staying with an old school friend, Hayley."

"Ok, where are you? I'm coming to get you."

"What? No! I just want some time to myself, Jason. I'll come home soon," Carolyn was about to hang up the phone when something growled. "James?" Carolyn asked. "Yes?" He asked, irritated. "Was that you growling?" James sighed, "No, it's a dog," He replied. Carolyn was about to say ok when she stopped, "You don't like dogs, James." Carolyn replied. "Hey, babe, who's that on the phone?" Carolyn dropped the knife on the floor, "Babe? Who's calling you babe? Jason answer me!" Jason sighed. A new voice spoke up, "Hi, this is James' girlfriend, Sandra. Who is this?" Carolyn felt blinding rage, "Nobody. just his fucking ex-girlfriend," And she hung up.

Carolyn felt as if her world was collapsing inwards. She sunk to the ground and stared at the phone. Carolyn didn't know how long she sat on the floor. It was clearly long enough because Hayley walked into the kitchen and saw Carolyn on the floor. "Care? What're you doing on the floor?" Hayley slid down next to her on her knees. "Jason... he... he cheated on me," Carolyn whispered, the gravity of the situation not quite hitting yet. "Oh, I'm sorry, Care." Hayley pulled her in for a hug. "I'm not going to cry over him; if he cheated on me, then he never loved me. Therefore, I don't love him." The girls sat in silence for a moment before Carolyn struggled to her feet. Hayley helped her up, "I'm gonna have to go to Mary's now, go see Hope... you be ok?" Carolyn nodded, "Yeah, I'll be fine. Go see Hope," Hayley nodded and hugged Carolyn once more.

Hayley left Carolyn to her own devices and Carolyn began working on the dishwasher again. She put her Spotify playlist on and began singing along to her favourite song. Beautiful Soul.

She swayed as she placed the dirty cutlery in the dishwasher. Singing along to the lyrics, Carolyn was whipped into her own world, forgetting about the craziness of her current one. She continued to place the dirty things away and sung to herself. "I don't want another pretty face, I don't want just anyone to hold. I don't want my love to go to waste. I want you and your beautiful soul. You're the one I want to chase, You're the one I want to hold, I won't let another minute go to waste. I want you and your beautiful soul. Your beautiful soul, yeah." Carolyn closed the lid of the dishwasher and switched it on, swaying again. She cradled her bump as she continued singing. Carolyn spun in a small circle and bumped into a warm chest. A pair of warm, gentle hands grabbed her forearms to steady her. Carolyn felt her body tingle. Carolyn sighed The warm chest vibrated with a low chuckle and Carolyn sighed. She pulled away and looked at the person, whom the chest belonged to. Carolyn groaned, "Why do I always crash into you? Or you walk in on me?" Klaus laughed, "Probably because you're in my house, love." Carolyn smiled lightly and began to soak her trousers in the warm water of the clean sink. Klaus came up from behind and leant against the worktop and watched her work. Carolyn sighed, "Can I help you, Klaus?" Klaus smiled, "No, nothing. Just watching you work... it's mildly amusing." Carolyn glared, "How so?" Klaus pointed to something next to the dishwasher, "Because there's a washing machine there," Carolyn growled, "That would have been helpful earlier, Klaus." Carolyn brought her soaked leggins out of the sink and threw them into the washing machine with a frown on her face. "How do you work this thing? Where's the twisty thing that does the thing to make the thing spin?" Klaus snorted and got something out of the cupboard, "Try the washing powder. That might get you somewhere," Carolyn grumbled and stood aside so Klaus could switch on the machine. "Well come on, then." Carolyn frowned, "Eh?" Klaus rolled his eyes, "If I don't show you now, you won't know for next time," Carolyn sighed and made her way over to the machine. "Ok, so first you push this button, then that one," Klaus waited for Carolyn to do so, "Then you press the down arrow 3 times and turn the knob to your desired temperature." Carolyn pressed the down arrow and frowned at the knob, trying to work out what each dash meant. Klaus saw and guided her hand to twist it the right way. Carolyn smiled and thanked him as the machine cleaned her trousers. Klaus smiled back and left, without saying anything else.

~

Little did they know, someone was listening in from outside the house...

Someone that wanted to punish Klaus...

and now they knew how to do it.