Present Day
Location: Mystic Falls, Virginia
Early in the morning, a car pulled up the drive of an admirable villa with a very vintage taste. A young girl with long straight brown hair emerged from the vehicle and made her way to the door and knocked. As she waited a crow startled her which prompted her to gaze into its eyes as it gazed back from the sign near the villa. She huffed and sighed as she turned back to facing the door waiting to be received. Not a second later, a tall man of around 24 years old with dark hair answered the door and grinned upon seeing his visitor.
"Well, it looks like Christmas has come early – have I been a good boy this year?" he said in a smug manner
The girl scoffed at his comment, it was clear she was used to hearing this type of banter from the man.
"Damon, the only thing you should get for Christmas is a gag for your mouth" she replied
"My, my….Somebody's cranky" he said letting her pass by him.
"Where's Stefan?" she asked, going straight to the point.
"Nice to see you too, Elena! I am very well thank you!" Damon said sarcastically
"What's goin' on?" said another younger man as he entered the room, he was younger then Damon and had gelled hair and a deep voice. He must have been around 17 years old and upon seeing Elena he smiled.
"Never you mind, baby bro! Why don't you make yourself scarce and join your little boyfriend Klaus?" said Damon with a tone of anger.
"I told you, I had to do it…" Stefan replied unapologetically, his tone was stoic which did not faze Elena or Stefan which would suggest it was not out of the norm for the younger man to act this way.
"Guys, this isn't the time!" Elena interjected
Elena was usually a calm and collected girl, it was clear from the expressions on both Stefan and Damon's faces that Elena being snappy was not something that would happen often thus they gave her their undivided attention at that moment.
"Caroline made contact with her dad's boyfriend, there may be another way to kill Klaus" she said with a slight grin on her face.
"How is that…possible?" Stefan asked visibly confused
"Come with me…" said Elena as she exited the villa with Stefan and Damon following.
10 mins later.
The three arrive at a house just outside the main town square, it was a modest house at difference to the villa inhabited by the two brothers. Elena knocked on the transparent door and waited for Caroline to answer.
"Oh! Good you guys are here!" said Caroline as she made way for her guests.
Caroline quickly closed the door after Damon entered the house, the group subsequently went into the living room and sat down with the exception of Caroline.
"Okay! So! I have the answer to the Klaus problem!" Caroline said in an excited tone
"Get to it, Barbie" Damon scoffed
"My Dad's boyfriend Steve has a friend who has a weapon from ancient times that can destroy people's minds! He thinks it can even work on supernatural creatures like….Vampires!"
The three looked at each other with visible skepticism, it was not as much the surprise of hearing something strange from Caroline but it was more the allure of the mysterious object it seemed even Caroline knew little about.
"So you think this…weapon can kill Klaus without any repercussion whatsoever?" Stefan asked
"I already set up the meet – Steve's friend Mr. Miles will be coming here with his colleagues in a couple of days. They're arriving from New York I think, they had to get something first." Caroline explained.
"Great, so we're putting our faith in some guy who you don't even know and is probably from Steve's poetry reading" said Damon bluntly
"It can't hurt to check this out, Damon. I mean…as bad as it goes we're still at square one." Elena expressed.
"Let's…ah…check it out" Stefan affirmed
"Fine." Damon complied.
"Great!" Caroline said in the same excited tone.
2 days later
A van parked just outside Caroline's house. Emerged from the vehicle were three men and one women. Caroline peered out the window to see her guests had finally arrived. The older man was in his early fifties by the look of it with a frizzled beard. The two other guys were like polar opposites of each other. One was a younger, tall man with a buzz cut hair style wearing a white hoodie. The other was a slightly older man with short, brownish hair and glasses and dressed like a scholar. The only woman looked rather tomboyish with large headphones on her head.
The three proceeded to the door of the Forbes residence and knocked. Elena, Stefan and Damon were already in the house and awaited for the arrival of the supposed weapon to kill their mortal enemy Klaus.
"Hi! You must be William! I'm Caroline Forbes! It's sooo nice to meet you!" she said grabbing the younger, hoodie wearing man.
"Ha…that's….nice to meet you. But William is my dad there….My name's Desmond Miles. That's Rebecca and that's Shaun" He laughed nervously as he gestured towards the smartly dressed man.
"Ohhh…ehh hey!" said Caroline as she looked at Shaun from head to toe.
"Oh yeah, cheers darling what were you expecting? Brad Pitt?" Shaun said sarcastically.
"Sorry we are late, my son just got out of a coma and we had to assure he was ready" said the older man.
"Yeah…" Desmond uttered as he looked to his father
Everyone proceeded to the living room and each took a seat and looked around the room at each other. The few moments of silence were broken by Shaun consistently staring at Damon sensing in him something that prompted the latter to go the distance of ending the silence.
"See something you like there, specs?" said Damon
"No, I've just never seen such a try-hard heartthrob" said Shaun in his outspoken manner which was rendered more infuriating to Damon by his posh British accent.
"Oh ha-ha wow good one, I guess I'm no Ox-dork nerd" Damon scoffed and laughed
"All right, that's enough." Said Stefan glaring at Damon.
"Steve told me you required an item in our possession?" William asked
"Caroline told us you have a weapon that can be used to kill supernatural creatures?" Elena explained
"She must be talkin' about the Apple…" Desmond interjected.
"Steve said as much, something about killing a vampire." William added
"Wait what?" Desmond, Shaun and Rebecca said in astonishment
William merely looked at the two in their shock but did not waver his serious tone or show any emotion.
"….Come on….Vampires?" said Desmond
"This is crazy…" Rebecca added
"And what do you suppose these people ARE?" William asked again without showing visible emotion.
"Oh come on, quit pulling our legs! Even if vampires exist, you're telling me HE is a vampire?" said Shaun pointing towards Damon
"Yep, so you better watch what you say because otherwise I may just have a taste of British blood tea" said Damon smiling, amused by his words.
"Great…another one thinks he's all bad-ass" Shaun expressed in an exasperated tone
"We're all vampires here…except for Elena" Stefan explained
"Did you bring this apple with you guys?" Elena asked addressing William
"Yes, but we need it for something much more important than your vendetta on some vampire" William said in response coldly.
"There are so many lives at stake and we need the Apple" Desmond added
"Besides, only Desmond can properly wield the Apple. It requires high amounts of First Civilization DNA to use properly" William explained.
The three vampires and Elena were all visibly puzzled by William's words. This was the first they heard of the First Civilization and proper genes. They had all gotten so caught up with the struggles of the supernatural in Mystic Falls that anything outside the norm blew their mind.
"So you're telling me this guy is the only one who can kill Klaus….? Really? I mean no offense but where'd you get this guy? Looks like a pain old Joe!" Damon expressed
Desmond glared angrily at Damon, it was known by the guests judging by their faces in that moment that Desmond was not the calmest person in the world.
"Think Ezio's skills can shut a Vampire up?" said Desmond as he stood up quickly and leaned towards Damon.
"Who's Ezio?" Elena asked
"I'm afraid that's none of your business" William replied as he calmed and sat his son down.
"Okay so, then how about Desmond here uses the Apple, kills Klaus and that would be the end of that?" Stefan asked
"Hold on a minute….what do we even get for helping you?" Desmond finally asked, it was clear from everyone in the room he was slightly out of it which came to no surprise considering he was in a coma for some time.
"Steve said that these people have something that – should things go wrong – will save our lives" William explained
"Wait….What do we have?" Caroline asked with a concerned look
"According to stories I heard about vampires, the blood of a vampire can heal all wounds and can revive a dead person if it is in their system. Since we're on a mission that could more than likely cause us to die, we'd like vampire blood to ensure we get out alive." William explained
Elena, Damon, Stefan and Caroline all looked at each other following William's explanation with Damon engaging in a laughing fit while everyone else looked at him visibly worried.
"Hahaha! I think you should check your facts better" Damon laughed
"What's his problem?" Desmond asked
"When a person dies with vampire blood in their system, they do get revived he's right about that – but then they enter a transition phase to become a vampire." Stefan explained.
"So…what you're saying is…?" said Desmond
"You'd become a vampire if you died with vampire blood in your system" Elena explained
Desmond looked at Elena in disbelief, he gazed around the room at his colleagues and father whom in response looked to him to see how he'd react to the thought of becoming a vampire.
"Becoming a vampire would guarantee you come back should anything happen" William expressed to Desmond.
"Great….another situation I'm pushed in…" Desmond scoffed
"Well, I guess it would only be like a…life insurance of sorts." Said Shaun attempting to create a silver lining.
"It may be forever but….wouldn't that also be kind of cool?" said Rebecca putting her hand on Desmond's shoulder.
"Yeah…completely awesome to be some blood drinking psycho" said Desmond sarcastically
"Look, we really need to kill Klaus and if your Apple is the only thing that can do it then I'd like you to try. In any case, we will give you enough vampire blood for the four of you on your mission." Said Stefan.
"All right, let's try it" said Desmond finally convinced.
"OK! So how do we find Klaus?" Rebecca asked
"Try the Grill In town, he likes to go there during the day to ruin my happy hour" Damon replied
Writer's note: This is my first chapter, please let me know what you think - I'm eager for feedback. Expect the second chapter really soon!
