Stefan had pinned Ray to a wall, and used him as a bullseye. He was currently dipping a dart in a wolfsbane spiked drink, "Do you want to practice your aim, Caroline?" he asked the female vampire.
Caroline looked at him in disgust, "No!" she exclaimed, "That's a human being, not a practice free-for-all."
Stefan rolled his eyes at her exclamation before throwing the dart right in the center of his stomach, Klaus smiled at the action, while Arielle scowled.
"Stefan!" Caroline exclaimed, "He's innocent."
The man ignored her and started talking to the wolf, "Ray, you can end this right now.......just tell us where your pack gathers for the full moon."
"I can't." he breathed out in pain.
"I know, I know, you live by a code and all that...But see, he's-" he began pointing at Klaus, "-not going to let me stop until you tell me and I do whatever he says." he finished.
Arielle raised her hand, "I do whatever I want to do."
Caroline looked up from her phone, "So do I." she added
Klaus rolled his eyes while Stefan nodded in agreement, "That's the way it goes around here."
"So, can you speed this up?" the were-witch asked Stefan, annoyed.
Arielle went to where Caroline was sitting after Stefan had waved her off, "And who are you texting, so concentrated?" she questioned her sister, as she sat down.
"Tyler." she answered not bothering to look up, "I have to make sure everything is perfect for this party."
"Tylers throwimg a party and he needs your help?" she asked, "Since when does a Lockwood need help throwing a party?"
"I'm throwing a party." she cleared up, finally looking up from her phone, "But since I can't be there, Tyler's throwing it for me."
"Caroline, that's-"
"I wanna go with him." Caroline cut off her sister, shooting up from her seat and walking towards where Klaus and Stefan were.
"What the hell, Care?" Arielle exclaimed following her.
"Absolutely not." Klaus denied quickly, "I am barely letting him go, you are certainly not going."
"Oh yes, I am." Caroline contradicted, "I have things to do, I need to see my mom, and I don't care about what you say."
"Wait, go where?" Arielle asked confused.
"Mystic Falls." Caroline informed.
"Wait, why are any of you going back?"
"Because Damon's still following us and we need to get him off our trail." Caroline answered
"Yeah, meaning, if you want us back by tonight, we should get going." Stefan jumped in, already wanting to leave.
"Wha-"
"Bye, Ari, I'll make sure to tell mom how you're doing." the blonde grabbed Stefan and practically pushed him out the door.
Arielle turned back to face Klaus, "Did she seriously just leave me here?" she exclaimed, "Alone!" she added, in the same tone of disbelief she had asked her question.
Klaus scoffed, "You're not alone." he reminded her matter-of-factly.
"Okay, yeah, technically not," she grumpled, "But she left me, so she basically left me alone."
Klaus pretended to fake pout, "That hurt my feelings love."
"The only thing it hurt was your ego, but I'm sure you'll survive." she said with sweet smile.
Klaus gave her the same fake smile she gave him before standing up and walking towards Ray, "You want to tell us where your pack gathers, Ray?"
The wolf shook his head in fear making Klaus sigh, "Then I guess the fun's just begun."
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Ray had been passed out cold on the pool table after Klaus finally got the informatiom he wanted out of him. The two had been sitting in comfortable silence for a while now.
"You're back." Klaus said, as Stefan walking into the bar. Arielle had looked up the man not seeing Caroline behind him.
"Where's Care?" she asked.
Stefan shrugged, "I don't know, she went to talk to Tyler and I haven't talked to her since." he informed before turning his attention back to Klaus, "Did you doubt me?"
"Not for a second. I knew you'd come back.....You still care for your brother, your old life."
"I don't care about anything, not anymore."
"You put on a good show, Stefan. I almost believe you. Let's hope, for your brothers sake, he does." he drifted his attention towards Arielle who had a somber expression, "You never stop caring about your family, do you? But everytime you feed, the blood makes it easier to let go." instead of answering Stefan walked out of the bar and Klaus walked towards Arielle.
"What's wrong, love?"
"Nothing, I just have a bad feeling about Caroline."
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know, but I had the same feeling when Elijah went to Mystic Falls, and he ended up getting daggered."
"You think something bad's going to happen?"
Arielle shrugged, "Maybe I'm just overreacting, you know?" she was mostly trying to convince herself, not Klaus, "Maybe she's fine, and nothing bad's gonna happen."
Klaus nodded, he could see the conflict in her voice, a part of her believed what she said and the other part knew she was lying, "Perhaps you should go back."
Arielle looked up to him, she thought he was joking, but his face looked so serious, but before she could give him an answer, her phone rang and Caroline's name was on the caller ID, "Hold that thought." she got up and went further away from Klaus.
"Caroline, hey."
"ðð°ð³ð³ðº, ð ðð°ð´ðµ ðµð³ð¢ð¤ð¬ ð°ð§ ðµðªð®ð¦."
"Doing what?" Arielle could hear her putting on her clothes over the phone.
"ð ð¬ðªð¯ð¥-ð°ð§ ð´ðð¦ð±ðµ ð¸ðªðµð© ððºðð¦ð³." she answered.
"WHAT!?" she yelled.
"ð ð¦ð¢ð©, ð¸ð¦ ð¸ð¦ð³ð¦ ð£ð°ðµð© ð´ð°ð³ðµð¢ ðµð©ð¦ð³ð¦ ð¢ð¯ð¥ ðµð©ð¦ð¯-"
"Yeah, ok, ok, I don't want the details." she cut off, with a disturbed face, not that Caroline could see.
"ðð¢ðºð´ ðµð©ð¦ ð°ð¯ð¦ ð¸ð©ð° ð´ðð¦ð±ðµ ð¸ðªðµð© ðð¢ð³ð¤ð¶ð´."
"Marcus isn't his brother, so, don't compare."
"ððªð¯ð¦." she relented, "ð'ðð ð£ð¦ ðµð©ð¦ð³ð¦ ð¢ð´ ð²ð¶ðªð¤ð¬ ð¢ð´ ð±ð°ð´ð´ðªð£ðð¦." they said their goodbyes and Arielle hung up the phone, turning back to the hybrid.
"I take it everythings fine?" he asked with a smirk.
"Don't listen into my conversations."
Klaus put his hands up in fake defeat and watched as Arielle walked put of the bar. He went over to Ray's unconscious body and picked him up before walking out of the bar aswell.
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After Caroline had hung up the phone call with her sister, she grabbed her shoes and quietly snuck out of Tyler's room.
As she was walking down the stairs, Mrs. Lockwood came into view, "Mrs. Lockwood." she said, surprised, "Hi."
"Caroline, you've been gone all summer, you're leaving so soon."
"Oh, yeah, I just had drama-" she stopped knowing she would just keep rambling, "You know what, I'll just grab my purse and-" she didn't get to finish her sentence as she was burned by her purse.
Mrs. Lockwood wasted no time in pulling out a vervain gun and shooting the vampire until she fell.
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