Hey everyone! So I have had this idea for a while and it wouldn't leave me alone. Once I had written the first chapter I couldn't seem to stop writing it! I am planning for this to be a short-ish story with about 10-15 chapters (if you guys like it of course)! And updates will be regular!

This is completely AU and AH! Anything you recognise, I don't own! But I do hope someone saves Klaroline from Julie Plec because they deserve a hell of a lot better!

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Secrets and lies… Everyone in the world deals with these every day of their lives. To protect themselves. To protect someone else. It is all in the way you look at the situation.

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"Forbes? What's your status?" The sound of her best friend's voice came over the comms device. Klaus always did have a talent for acting like the alpha male while on missions; it was a talent that served him well in the years he and Caroline had worked together. Caroline quickly looked around her checking her men were ready before clicking the safety off of the gun in her hands.

"In position. Ready when you are, Mikaelson." Caroline replied into the comms device giving the men staring at her a quick nod telling them to get ready.

"Alright, be ready to move on my word." She heard Klaus say.

Caroline sighed and nodded to herself, there was nothing left to do but wait for Klaus' signal to enter the compound. Caroline had been a CIA operative for the past 3 years but she still felt the buzz of the job stir in the brief moment of peace. Calm before the storm, that's how Klaus always described it. Caroline had only been a rookie agent when they were first paired together, Klaus had a few extra years on her and pretty much was a pain in the ass when they first started working together. Caroline hated Klaus at first; he was cocky, arrogant and impulsive. The exact opposite of a team player.

"Forbes! Meet your new partner Niklaus Mikaelson. Klaus this is Caroline Forbes, one of our best and brightest so don't corrupt her." Alaric Saltzman introduced them as he walked into Caroline's office with Klaus in tow, a scowl etched on his face. Clearly he liked the idea of getting a partner just as much as she did.

Klaus Mikaelson aka The Hybrid. He was a bit of a legend to the CIA. Rumour has it he single handedly brought down the most notorious drug lords on the east coast, fought several weeks of unimaginable torture and made sure the leader, Silas, was locked tight in a high security prison but not before Klaus broke several of his ribs and fractured his spine. Klaus was one of the agencies most feared of agents and his number one rule was that he worked alone.

To find him standing in her office with their boss was a bit of a shock not that Caroline let it show. Klaus hadn't taken his eyes off her since he saw her and Caroline was pretty sure she was blushing under his intense gaze. The CIA made it very clear that partners were assigned for a reason and therefore couldn't simply be changed on a whim. When Caroline had first asked Ric why her first partner was 'the' Klaus Mikaelson he laughed.

"Simple kid, you could learn a lot from him but he can also learn a lot from you. Besides we need someone who is capable of keeping the Hybrid in line." Ric had said and winked at her. It was only after he left her office that Caroline wondered what the hell she could teach someone like Niklaus Mikaelson that he didn't know already. It wasn't until after they started working together that she eventually found out.

"Klaus Mikaelson, love. Welcome to the big leagues." Klaus smirked extending his hand for her to shake. It took Caroline a moment to recover from the dimples, blue eyes and stubble. Everything about this guy oozed sex appeal. But Caroline Forbes was nothing if not professional.

"First off my name is Caroline; I'm not your love. Secondly, I know you hate this as much as I do but we're stuck with it so we might as well make the best of a bad situation." Caroline replied ignoring his offered hand. Klaus laughed as her determination.

"Whatever you say, sweetheart." Klaus replied causing Caroline to glare, "However while I admit I wasn't exactly thrilled by Ric's idea, you might just have persuaded me otherwise." He smiled and Caroline scoffed.

"Let's just do the job and get on with it shall we?" Caroline asked as she held out a file for him to take.

Klaus let his hand brush over hers as he took the file, "Ever the professional, everyone starts out that way. Trust me that attitude will change once you have been shot at."

"There are worst things in this world than being shot, Niklaus." Caroline replied.

Klaus raised his eyebrow at her, this beautiful blonde with so much fire in her, "And what would you know about that, love?"

Caroline looked like she was about to speak but changed her mind at the last second, "Let's just review this case."

Klaus nodded before returning to the file in his hands, "Caroline, I prefer Klaus. No one calls me Niklaus except my older brother. My friends call me Klaus."

Caroline gave him a little smile, so they were friends now? "What does the rest of your family call you?" She asked curiously knowing for a fact (because she looked up his file) that he had more that one sibling.

"Nik, they call me Nik."

"Okay Klaus, let's get down to business. You start with that and I will grab us a coffee." Caroline replied.

"Whatever you like, love." Klaus smirked as he sat down in her office chair, putting his feet up on her desk.

Caroline slapped his feet away angrily, "For the record Klaus, I'm too smart to be seduced by you." She turned away to get those coffees when she heard Klaus reply.

"Well, that's why I like you."

Klaus Mikaelson always liked a challenge and there was no challenge greater than Caroline Forbes.

Caroline smiled as she remembered the first time they met. They had come a long way since that day almost 3 years ago. At first Caroline was convinced Klaus wanted nothing more from her to get into her pants but after their first mission together everything changed. She saw a whole new side to him, he opened up to her about things he had never told anyone before and in return Caroline shared her secrets with him. They were more alike than either of them realised, clearly Alaric saw it though. The connection between the two. Now, Caroline considered Klaus to be her best friend, he was the only person who really knew her without any secrets. He was the person she called if she was in trouble or needed to rant to someone, he was the guy who helped her though a difficult case and brought her pizza to make sure she was still eating properly if they were working on a big case.

It was true the CIA partnered people together for a reason. You have to trust that person completely; you were after all putting your life in their hands on a daily basis. They were the only other person who shared your world. None of Caroline's other friends or family knew what she and Klaus did for a living, they thought she worked for a law firm in the city. Right now all her friends thought she was sat in an office organising case files for an important meeting instead she was standing outside the front entrance to a warehouse - where a group of drug dealers were trying to smuggle thousands of dollars worth of cocaine into the city - with a gun in her hand and a unit of guys behind her ready to bring these guys down no matter what. Klaus and the unit with him were around the back of the property making sure all the exits were covered so there was no chance of escape.

"All units: Move, move, move!" They all heard Klaus order and Caroline sprung into action.

She sent a nod to the guy opposite her, giving him the signal to knock the door down. He did as he was instructed letting Caroline step through the door first. Her gun was raised with two hands in front of her. Her blue eyes sweeping the room for any signs of danger. She found none.

"Clear." She called out as the men walked in, separating off in different directions to check out the nearby rooms.

Caroline walked down the corridor slowly and quietly not giving away her position to anyone nearby. She could hear gun shots sound out and new their targets were aware of their arrival. The corridor led her to a room that was sealed shut with a padlock. Caroline smiled at that, she never could resist a lock. She lined her gun up and squeezed the trigger feeling the familiar pull on her arm. The lock broke, dropping harmlessly to the ground. Caroline lowered her weapon as she pushed the door open.

The room was bare except for the large crates filled with white packages in the centre of it. Caroline knew it was the cocaine shipment. What a silly way of protecting it. A simple lock? Caroline at least expected two people heavily armed to be standing guard. Maybe they had abandoned their posts when they hear the doors getting kicked in?

"Jeremy?!" Caroline called as she peered out of the room seeing the young man in question walking towards her. Jeremy Gilbert, Elena's little brother. Bonnie's boyfriend. They had no idea what he did for a living, when Caroline first saw him in the office she went mad, if Elena had any ideas of the risks and danger her little brother was being subjected too. Klaus calmed her down of course, he was right. It was Jeremy's choice, the same choice she had made two years previously.

"Yes boss?" He asked as he reached her.

"Secure this room and get a group of guys together to load it up okay?" She ordered. Jeremy peered inside the room letting out a little whistle seeing the contents. He nodded at her.

"Sure thing, Care."

Caroline smiled at him before walking in the other direction. She heard footsteps approach her and raised her gun up again. The man that came into view wasn't one she recognised, he cocked his gun.

"Drop the gun, sir." Caroline ordered but the guy didn't listen. His finger hovering over the trigger.

Caroline shot him once in the shoulder. Painful but not fatal.

The sound of fighting and gun shots were becoming louder letting Caroline know she was going in the right direction. She walked further down the drab grey corridor as she heard more footsteps.

Klaus came into view running straight for her. His eyes met hers across the long corridor as three other men came into view hot on his heels.

"Caroline, run!" Klaus shouted as he neared her.

"What did you do this time? You're meant to be securing them not challenging them to a gun fight." Caroline shouted back at him.

"Not the time, love." Klaus said as he grabbed her, ducking to avoid the stray bullet that had just been fired. Klaus pushed her into the nearest room locking the door behind them.

"So what did you do?" Caroline asked as everything went quiet. Klaus looked over it her.

"I have it under control." He replied as a hail of shots sounded out ripping through the flimsy wall separating them from their targets. Klaus knocked Caroline to the ground, both of them taking cover behind the desk. He let out a laugh as he loaded his gun. Caroline glared at him as she cocked hers.

"Just like that mission in Morocco all over again." Klaus said peering over the desk for a sight of their targets.

Caroline groaned, "Didn't you get shot in Morocco?" She asked remembering that mission well.

Klaus just smiled. It was infectious really and soon Caroline was smiling too. They moved away from the desk covering different corners of the room. The sound of their weapons firing echoed through the room. The targets were down before they even knew what was happening.

"Building secure." They hear through their comms devices. Klaus and Caroline shared a small smile before clicking the safety on their weapons and tucking them back at their sides.

"Well love, I don't know about you but I could use a drink." Klaus breathed as he wiped his forehead.

Caroline laughed as she undid the strap on her bullet proof vest, "You're buying, Nik."

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So what do you think? Do I continue?

Next chapter gives you more background info so it will answer a few more of our questions.

Favourite line/scene? I love hearing what people like so I can put more of it in my stories. Your reviews make me a better writer so please do review! Thanks.

Teaser for chapter 2: It was a lie but after 3 years of telling them she had pretty much perfected the art of lying to her friends.

Next update: Tuesday.