What previously happened...

Mayor's Office

Damon opened Bonnie's message and smiled at the pics of his kids enjoying themselves in the kitchen. They looked happy even Bonnie was smiling and laughing.

He packed up. He couldn't wait to join his family and have dinner with them and sleep in his own bed next to his wife tonight.

The door opened slowly. When Damon saw who it was he smirked. He smirked even when the gun was aimed at him.

"You do not have the fucking guts to do it." Damon said. The first shot was in the chest. He fell back in his chair from the impact of the gunshot. The second shot graze his head on the left side and the third shot hit him in his stomach. He slumped down in his chair.

...Presently

Red and blue police lights flashed everywhere. Yellow police lines blocked the crowd of people outside Mystique Lake town Hall as they all looked on in morbid curiosity. People pushed each other out of the way to get a better look when paramedics came out with a body on a stretcher. A hospital sheet covered the body and face much to the dismay of the curious onlookers.

"Its the mayor." A woman whispered in shock. She and her friend were standing at the front to get a better look.

"How do you know when we can't even see a face." Her friend said to her pale in the face.

Sam heard the conversation between the two women and she too wondered the same thing...was that Damon Salvatore's dead body being carried out to the ambulance. She wondered who got to him first before her. She was too late. When she came here the first police car was already here.

She looked to her side as a man pushed his way to the front. He looked like he was in dire need of a proper good nights rest and a bath. What strike Sam the most about the man was that he had a satisfied smirk on his face.

It was Stevens with an evil smile on his face as he looked on how the body was put in the back of the ambulance. The sound of the ambulance doors being closed was music to his ears. It brought him finality that Salvatore was out of this life for good.

He called a police officer over and faked interest. "What happened here?"

"The mayor was shot that's all I know Mr Stevens." The police officer said.

Stevens faked shock and surprise on his face. "What? Do you know who did it?"

"I do not know that Mr Stevens." The police officer said.

Sam was taking this all in. Now the big mystery is who shot Damon Salvatore. Her phone ring and she quickly took it out of her handbag. It was Alex.

Sam: Alex?

Alex: Sam thank God I found you I was so worried. The police called us someone shot my dad we're on our way to his office now. Where are you I tried to call you but your phone just went straight to voicemail.

Sam: I was on my way home when I saw police cars outside the town hall. Alex I was so scared and worried.

Alex: Stay there and wait for us okay? I love you Sam.

...with shaky hands she put her phone back in her handbag and saw her gun in there. The reality of it all kicked in. It could have been her in cuffs on her way to jail or dead under that sheet on her way to the morgue. She needed to get away from here. She pushed Stevens out of the way and stumbled through the crowd on her way to her car.

...

"His not dead. He can't be." Kenzie said as tears rolled down her cheeks. She was holding Bonnie's hand. The kids and their mom were on their way to Damon's office. Alex driving with Cayllum next to him in the passenger seat. Bonnie, Kenzie, Zoe and Dylan on the backseat. Their neighbours was more than willing to watched over the twins.

Bonnie put her arms around her kids. She remembered Damon's last words to her was that his way of saying goodbye. No matter what happens Bonnie I will always love you.

Zoe nestled under her mom's arm. She closed her eyes and said a quick prayer for her dad.

Mystique Lake Town Hall

Mayor Damon's Office

Jack was standing quietly next to the steel cabinet in the corner. His eyes on Damon.

Damon was sitting behind his desk knocking back his third glass of bourbon. A white bandage around his head. In a irritatingly way he waved the paramedics away from him. "I fine."

"Mayor Salvatore we still need to take you to the hospital." Lionel said hopelessly. He looked at Sheriff Mitchell for help but the sheriff just shrugged his shoulders.

"I said I'm fine now piss off!" Damon said hard. The room immediately went silent.

Lionel the paramedic stood there with a awkward nervous smile. He quickly packed his things up and stepped away from the mayor.

"Brother" Stephen said. Stephen's face was in pain. His eyes so sad.

"My doctor is here Lionel you can go." Damon said with his eyes on Stephen.

Stephen walked slowly across the room to Damon who was sitting behind his desk. His fingers touched the bandage on Damon's head softly. "I'm not even gone yet and you almost got yourself killed." Stephen said as tears rolled down his cheek.

Damon smirked and said. "I'm a hard bastard to kill Stephie." His eyes got shiny and he swallowed his own tears back.

"Do you want to tell me what happened here?" Stephen asked.

Damon closed his eyes his mind going back before all this happened.

He started to pack up for the night. He couldn't wait to get home and spend time with his wife and kids and sleep in his own bed next to Bonnie tonight.

He was just about ready to leave when the door opened up slowly. He smirked when he saw who it was with gun in hand aiming at him.

"I should have known you would pay me a visit Sarah. You want to sit down and talk about this." Damon said and pointed at the chair by his desk.

"You killed him. You killed my brother Will. He would have still be alive if it weren't for you." Sarah said and furiously wipe the tears from her face.

"Stevens send you to do his dirty work Sarah. Go home while you still can and I will forget all of this ever happened." Damon said and moved the picture of him and Bonnie and the kids the way its always standing on his desk. His a stickler for preciseness.

Sarah looked confused for a second but quickly recomposed herself. "Stevens got nothing to do with this but he did told me how you forced a confession out of Will. His secret got out and he was killed for it."

There, now the picture looked right and on its right place. Damon thought to himself.

"Burn in hell Damon. " Sarah said.

Damon rolled his eyes. He was starting to get upset with Sarah. All he wants to do now is go home and spend time with the people he loves most on this earth. He understands her hurt and pain but she's clearly aiming the gun at the wrong guy. Damon smirked and said. "You do not have the fucking guts to do it."

Sarah closed her eyes. In her mind she is getting justice for Will by pulling the trigger.

The first shot went to his chest. Surprised , shocked and pain that she really pulled the trigger was on Damon's face as he fell back in his chair from the impact of the gunshot.

She is doing this for Will. She promised to always protect him and she failed but the man responsible for his end is meeting his own end at her hands. She pulled the trigger again.

This shot grazed Damon's head on his left side. It felt like someone took a hot iron pole and dragged it along the side of his head. It burned and sting.

This is for you Will Sarah thought and pulled the trigger again.

The third and final shot hit him in his stomach and knocked the wind out of him. He slumped down in his chair.

Sarah opened her eyes. She felt calmed. She than put the gun on herself and pulled the trigger for the last time. Sarah was dead before her body hit the floor.

It was than that Stephen saw the bulletproof vest on Damon's desk. The vest that saved Damon's life.

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