With Many Happy Returns [Klaroline]

Words, words, words

“MOTHER!” Klaus roared as he strode through the dark cemetery with brother on his heels. He was only slightly surprised that no wolves came out to greet them, but with Finn’s capture they had probably scattered all over the Quarter. He would take care of those later.

Because right now he was going to kill his mother. He didn’t care that she would just jump to another body. All he needed was to hold her beating heart between his fingers so he could rip it out. Again.

“MOTHER!” Klaus yelled once more as they stood outside the stone room she had earlier used to hold Elijah.

“I don’t think she is going to answer you, Niklaus.” Elijah told him calmly as he stopped beside him and Klaus glared back at him with untamed rage. Without another word they moved inside, prepared to face their mother once again.

“She is not here.” Elijah stated with a hint of surprise in his voice, but his brother didn’t hear him as he flashed to the still body that was chained to a table. Caroline’s pale skin was almost marble white and for a moment the Originals were she had stopped breathing.

Klaus’ movements were gentle as he reached out and placed his hand against her cheek. With violent shakes, Caroline’s body sprung back to life as her back almost bended off the table, but her eyes remained closed. Klaus pulled away his hand as if he had burned himself and Caroline became still once more.

The hybrid turned to look at his brother in shock and then back to the baby vampire, whose head had fallen to the side and left her neck exposed. It was then Klaus noticed the petal marks that he had also found on Elijah and he almost reached out to touch her collarbone, before reminding himself what might happen.

“What did she do to you, love?” Klaus whispered to the sleeping girl and then looked up to see his brother stand on the other side of the table. With an asking gaze Elijah reached out to touch Caroline and Klaus gave him a small nod as he stared at his brother’s hand.

They both let out an inaudible sigh of relief as Caroline didn’t react to Elijah’s touch, but Klaus then felt himself grow angrier. This was clearly revenge for what he had done to his father and he feared what damage Esther might have done on Caroline.

“She is barely breathing, Niklaus. We must get her out of here now.” Elijah said calmly as he called his brother out of his murderous thoughts. They could worry about their mother later.

Klaus reacted quickly as he reached out and pulled down the hex doll that made the chains impossible to break. He didn’t mind the vervain that burned his skin – another gift from his mother – and dropped it to the ground before he moved to remove the shackles around Caroline’s wrist.

“Don’t.” Elijah interrupted him before his fingers reached their target and Klaus sent his brother an impatient glare. “You cannot touch her, Niklaus. Allow me.”

Klaus was quickly getting tired of his mother’s games, but took a step back as Elijah tore off Caroline’s restraints. Klaus almost reached out for her by instinct when the blonde was finally free, but Elijah had already taken her in his arms.

Caroline’s curls cascaded down as her head hung limply and the only thing that assured Klaus that she was still alive was the non-grey colour of her skin and her almost inaudible breathing.

The brothers shared a look before they both flashed out of the cemetery. The compound was quiet as they entered – except for Kol’s loud and incessant singing from somewhere inside the large residence – and Klaus strode through the open space of the courtyard with Elijah on his heels.

“Where the hell have you two-“ Hayley’s voice called from the second floor, but she cut herself short when she saw the lifeless blonde in Elijah’s arms. “Holy shit, is that Caroline?”