"Father..." Rebekah gasped. "H-How are you here? That's not possible!"
Klaus pushed Rebekah behind him. "Leave!"
"Shut up, boy!" Mikael ordered Klaus.
Caroline slumped down on the antique chair and fell asleep peacefully.
"Who is she?" Mikael asked.
"No one that you need to worry about..." Elijah said carefully. "How did you get here?"
"Well," Mikael folded his arms ,"I think the Bennett witch from Virginia tore down the veil. So I'm back."
Elijah stared at Caroline's limp body then back at Mikael. Mikael followed his gaze to Caroline's body. "You didn't answer me truthfully, boy. Who is that girl?"
"She's someone that doesn't need to be involved in our family issues. Leaver her out of it." Klaus spat as he lifted Caroline away from Mikael.
"I'm not here to harm anyone." Mikael grinned.
"Then why must you disturb our guest?" Kol asked.
"I'm just here to be with my family, and that girl - she is not family." Mikael frowned. "What happened to 'Family above all'?"
"Just leave her alone, and we can part ways peacefully." Elijah said softly.
"Who said that I want to leave?" Mikael smirked as he vamped over to Klaus, grabbed Caroline, then back to the bed. "Has this girl taken my spot in the family? Does she mean more to you than you're own father."
"You are not my father. You made that very clear to me." Klaus retorted. "Now give her back, or I will rip detach your head from your body." He made his intentions very clear.
"How dare you threaten me." Mikael said as he slowly stroked Caroline's cheek, making Klaus flinch. "Oh how quickly I can detach her head. Just a little flick of the wrist and you're friend here would be dead."
Caroline snored peacefully in Mikael's arms.
"She's a pretty one. She reminds me of you, Rebekah." Mikael smirked.
"Father, please." Rebekah said softly.
Mikael rolled his eyes and tightened his grip. "You were always the weakest, Rebekah."
Tears rolled down her cheek. "Father, let her go."
"But then again, you were also my favorite." Mikael said with a big grin growing from ear-to-ear. "So it would be a shame if I had to kill two vampires tonight." He stroked his finger against her cheek.
Klaus weakened at his knees. The man that stood before him, had tormented him, tortured him, beat him and changed him.
"Sorry, father. I've learned better that to be afraid of you." Klaus said with all the confidence he had left, which wasn't a lot.
"You're right. You shouldn't be afraid. But she should." Mikael lifted Caroline's head by her hair, making her groan.
"Get off of her!" Elijah vamped over and tried to pry Caroline out of Mikael's grasp but Mikael had already broken one of the legs off of the bed and staked Elijah. This didn't kill him because the only weapon that can kill an original is the white oak stake. All this did was get Elijah out of the picture, temporarily.
"Father!" Rebekah cried. Kol pulled Rebekah in to hug her and get her away from Mikael.
"She reminds me of someone. That blonde bartender girl? Camille, was it? How unfortunate, her death. I quite fancied her." Mikael said calmly, still holding Caroline by her hair.
Klaus took a step closer to Mikael. "You cannot kill me. I am the original hybrid. I will not be intimidated by you. A mere excuse of a vampire." Klaus spat.
"I'd be more careful if I were you, boy." Mikael said, making sure he said every word clearly. Caroline winced as Mikael puller her hair harder.
"You wouldn't kill her. You won't kill her. You already know that if you do, you'll be dead. We'd kill you." Klaus said more confidently, taking another step towards Mikael.
"Just hand her over, father. No one has to get hurt." Kol said as he hugged Rebekah tightly.
Mikael frowned at Kol. "And here I was, thinking that Rebekah was the weak one." Mikael snarled.
"I don't know what is brewing in your sick mind, but leave Caroline out of it!" Kol yelled.
"Don't make a fool out of yourself, father. Let the girl go." Klaus said as he took a big step forward.
"The only one making a fool of themselves, is you." Mikael spat as Klaus took another step closer.
Klaus laid a hand on Mikael's shoulder and before he could react, Klaus snapped his neck and caught Caroline as she fell down.
"Why didn't we just snap his bloody neck in the first place?!" Rebekah cried.
"Because, little sister. He would've expected it from us. He would've expected it from me." Klaus said as he laid Caroline down on her bed. "This doesn't mean the end of our father. He's not dead."
"What do we do with him, then?" Kol asked.
"We lock him up. In the cellar." Klaus smirked.
"The cellar where we compelled the blonde bitch?" Rebekah asked. "That won't hold him."
"You're right, it won't But my bite will." Klaus said as he flashed his hybrid fangs. "My venom won't kill him but it will weaken him."
Rebekah stared at Mikael's body and gagged. She vamped over to Elijah, pulled the stake out of his torso and helped him to his feet. "That bastard." Rebekah spat. "As much as I hate Caroline, I don't want Mikael killing her."
Kol and Klaus exchanged looks of confusion. "Why?"
"I don't know. Maybe us blondes have some telepathic bond." Rebekah retorted, sarcastically.
"I need blood. Lots of blood." Elijah groaned as the wound of the stake healed up.
"I'll grab you a blood bag. Come on." Rebekah said, grabbing Elijah's hand and leading him out of the room.
Klaus chuckled then looked at Kol, whose attention was else where. Kol stared at Caroline. She was unconscious, drunk and beautiful.
"Don't get any ideas." Klaus said jokingly, making Kol chuckle.
"I'm happy for you, Nik. She's good for you and you know it." He smiled as he patted Klaus's back.
Klaus didn't reply, all he did was smile.
"I'm gonna go help myself to a blood bag. Wanna come with?" Kol asked.
"I'll catch up, later." Klaus smiled.
"Okay." Kol waved then walked out of the room, knowing that Klaus wanted a moment with Caroline. Conscious or not.
Klaus knelt beside her bed with his hand on hers. "Look at all the trouble I've gotten you in, love." He whispered.
"To be honest, I'm hurt. By everything. I wanted to be the person you turned your humanity on for. I wanted you to come running into my arms. I wanted... you. Don't get me wrong, I still do want you, but it doesn't feel the same." Klaus sighed.
He stroked her hair behind her ear, whilst she was still asleep. "You are the only person that could ever hurt me and get away with it, love. That's the kind of power you have over me."
"I wanted my name to be the name you called in darkness." Klaus whispered softly, trying not to wake her.
"Maybe one day. Maybe one day, you'll realize that I'm here, I always have and always will." Klaus smiled as he placed a kiss on her forehead. "Good night, love." He walked off but stopped in his tracks.
"I do know." Caroline said weakly, but loud enough for Klaus to hear. "I do know that you're here for me. I'm just not ready to admit it to myself."
Klaus spun around and knelt beside her again. "W-What did you just say there, love?"
Caroline stared into Klaus's eyes, lazily, yet romantically, and slowly, her eyes closed and she drifted off to sleep.
Klaus sighed, placed another kiss on her forehead then laid down on the floorboards. "I'll just sleep here."