A with couple linked arms was walking down the streets of Seattle on a rare clear night.
The couple walked with the grace of predators, and they were extraordinarily beautiful.
The man couldn't be older then 24 yet his eyes held wisdom that came with age. He was above average height, with jet black hair, chiseled cheekbones, and eyes bluer then the ocean. He had a confident air around him that bordered arrogance and a smirk which revealed perfect white teeth.
The girl appeared to be in her late teens, but her eyes held her true age. She was of average height, with sun kissed hair that fell down her back in waves, long legs, and with blue eyes that rivaled the sky for beauty.
They were walking down the busy streets of Seattle, when they heard a soft sniffle that humans could not hear.
The girl paused and tilted her head to the side to decipher it. The man paused and watched her untangle her arm from his and walk into a deserted alley. He could hear the heartbeat and already identified it as a young frightened human, but he was much older then the girl so instead of telling her he let her find out for herself. He put his hands in his pockets and causally stood at the mouth of the alley.
She also heard the rapid heartbeat, but could not identify the age.
She finds some cardboard boxes and the heartbeat is coming form behind them. She crouches off to the side of them and what she sees makes her gasp. She's lived for many decades, and has seen her fair share of horrible things but what she sees would stop her heart if she had one.
Huddled behind the boxes is a small, dirty figure covered in rags. The nervous heartbeat picks up when the figures dark blue eyes connect with hers. The figure starts trembling uncontrollably and presses itself further in the wall.
The man tenses when he senses the discomfort from the girl and young human, but he stays where he is.
She quickly composes herself and gently says, "Hi, why don't you come out here."
The figure just stares at her with fear in its eyes.
She reaches out a hand and says, "I just want to help."
The figure hesitates before placing a hand in hers.
She smiles but then feels a burning sensation and her power draining. She gasps, but this time its full of pain instead of shock. The man is by her side in the blink of an eye. He is kneeling by her with a hand on her shoulder as he watches the dull red light that emits from the connected hands. Despite the pain she doesn't let go and pulls the figure out. The moonlight reveals a scared little boy with a tearstained face. She lets go before anymore of her energy could be drained.
"What was that?" the man hisses, causing the boy to shrink back.
"Damon." The girl scolds.
She then turns her eyes back to the boy, "Hi I'm Caroline, what's your name?"
He sniffles and says, "Kai."
She smiles sweetly and says, "Hi Kai. Where are your parents?"
He looks away and doesn't answer.
Caroline looks at Damon, her eyes telling him everything.
He sighs and stands up, "No, we should just find the cops and let them deal with this."
"Lets just bring him back to the apartment, we can decide there." She says.
He wants to argue, but sees how drained she really is despite their earlier feeding.
"Fine, but only because I want to know what he did to you." Damon says.
The smile she gives him is worth it. Damon takes off his leather jacket and wraps it around Kai's frame, when he picks him up he feels how skinny the kid is. Luckily Caroline likes eating food so their apartment is stocked.
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Kai ate his weight in food, had a bath, and is now sleeping on their bed in one of Damon's shirts; the shirt makes him look smaller and more vulnerable. Caroline just settled him down, and quietly shuts the door as she exits the room.
Damon has a mug ready for her, which she greedily gulps down. She sighs in happiness when and immediately feels stronger.
Once she's done he asks, "What happened tonight?"
She sighs and leans against their island in the apartment. "When he touched me I started to feel weaker, it was like he was siphoning my energy. I felt powerless to stop it. What is he?" She whisper's the last sentence.
Damon gets up from his seat on their couch and walks over to her. She lays her forehead on his shoulder and he wraps his arms around her. She wraps her arms around his waist.
"We'll find out in the morning, why don't you go feed and I'll watch the little brat." Damon tease.
Caroline pulls away and playfully slaps him. "I'll go out, but you better play nice." She threatens.
Damon smirks, "When am I ever not nice?"
She rolls her eyes but quickly pecks him on the lips before grabbing her jacket and exiting the apartment.
Damon goes to his alcohol cabinet and pours himself a glass of bourbon before settling in front of the fireplace. He thinks about the events of tonight as he watches the flames dance. He has been on this earth for over a century and has seen almost everything, but he has never heard of nor seen a vampire be drained of their power. He sips his bourbon as he makes a call.
"Agnes, its Damon. We have a tiny problem." Damon says.
A few hours before dawn Caroline returns and Damon goes to greet her but stops when he notices that she has a few dozen bags.
"What's this?" He asks.
"All we have is junk food, and kids can't eat that, so I went shopping. I also got him some clothes." She says, holding the bags up for emphasis.
"Care we can't keep him, he's not a stray animal." Damon says.
"I went to the police station and showed them some pictures of him, nobody has reported a missing child that looks like him. I compelled them to forget I was there and to call me with any new information." She says.
"We can't keep him." Damon states.
"But Damon, I think his family abandoned him. He wouldn't talk about them and they haven't called the police. Plus you saw him last night, it looks like he hasn't had a proper meal in months, or a bath." Caroline offers.
"So, he can't live with us. Vamp-"Damon starts to argue.
He stops when he notices Caroline looking behind him. He follows her gaze to see Kai standing in the doorframe rubbing his eyes. Damon's shirt goes to his knees and hangs off of his narrow shoulders. Kai is eyeing Damon suspiciously, but focuses on Caroline when she begins to talk.
Caroline smiles sweetly and says, "Good morning Kai, would you like some breakfast?"
He nods and then yawns. Caroline makes breakfast as Damon and Kai stare at each other.
"Damon please put him in some of the clothes I bought." Caroline instructs as she makes pancakes.
Damon looks at her and was going to argue, but the look on his face makes him think otherwise. He grumbles as he grabs the bag off of the counter.
"Can you dress yourself?" Damon asks.
Kai blinks before nodding. Damon sifts through the bag of clothes before finding something 'cool' for him to wear, and then he hands the items to Kai. Kai is slightly scared of Damon, so he looks to Caroline for reassurance, when she nods Kai takes the clothes. He retreats to the bedroom and Damon walks over to the kitchen and pours himself a cup of coffee.
"We will be leaving for New Orleans, I have friend who might be able to help us. Then when we find out what he is we can compel a family to adopt him." Damon says.
"Okay, but I get to pick the family." Caroline says.
Damon smirks before grabbing the newspaper Caroline brought.
Kai walks out wearing black jeans, black socks, and a white t-shirt. Caroline though it was cute that he looked like a mini Damon, she purposely bought clothes like that. Plus she doubted that Damon would like most of the shirts on sale.
Damon looked over at Caroline when she giggled, he followed her gaze and saw Kai, he had no idea what was going on in her pretty little head so he decided not to comment.
Caroline placed a plate of pancakes with fruit arranged in a smiley face and a glass of orange juice in front of Kai, then she sat across him with her own plate of pancakes and coffee.
Kai begins devouring the food.
"Slow down, you might choke." She warns.
Kai gives her a sheepish look and then slows down; he still finishes before her though.
"Would you like more?" She asks.
He hesitates before shaking his yes.
Damon leaves the room and grabs a backpack, and begins to pack it full with the clothes Caroline bought. Kai is watching cartoons and Caroline cleans the dishes, when Damon walks out with backpack.
"Care I told you I would have someone take care of that." Damon says.
"I know, but I fell restless." She says.
Damon nods in understanding, when Caroline is stressed she cleans.
"Get the kid ready, I'm going to put this in the car." Damon says.
She gives him a look that says 'be nice', he just flashes her a charming smile as he walks out. Caroline goes to Kai and turns the TV off. Kai sends her a questioning look, but doesn't comment.
"We're going to go to New Orleans, but then we will find your family. Ok?" Care sits next to him as she says that.
Kai looks terrified when she mentions his family. "But I don't want to go back." He insists.
"Why?" Caroline asks.
"They hate me. Can I stay here? I don't mind that you're vampires, you're nicer then them." He says, his voice is beginning to fill with panic.
She is speechless for a minute, "Kai, sweetie, vampires don't exist. They are just stories made up to scare people."
"No they exist, I knew you were one when I felt your power last night. I never met one before, but your power feels different then witches." Kai insists.
"Kai, what are you?" Caroline asks.
"I don't know, my parents just called me a abomination." Kai says.
She places a hand on his shoulder, but feels him draining her so she pulls her hand back.
"I'm sorry." He murmurs.
"It's fine, can you control it?" Caroline asks.
"When I concentrate really hard." Kai answers embarrassed that he hurt the person who's helping him.
"What happens to you after you drain power?" She asks.
He shrugs, "I don't really know, but I can do magic when I drain people. It only lasts for a little bit."
"So you are a witch?" She asks.
He shakes his head 'no', "My parents, sister, and brother are witches."
Before Caroline could ask any more questions Damon comes in, Caroline can tell that he's been listening by the look on his face.
"Where are your parents?" Damon demands.
Kai shrinks back and looks terrified.
Damon stalks toward him, "Did they send you here?" he demands.
Kai is trembling in fear, but shakes his head 'no'.
"Damon-" Caroline tries to intervene, but gets cut off.
"His parents could have sent him to hurt us, witches hate vampires." Damon glares at Kai when he says that.
Caroline reaches her hand out to comfort Kai but before she could touch him Damon grabs her and puts her behind him.
"Damon!" Caroline shrieks, irritated that he's treating her like she's a baby vampire.
Damon stalks toward Kai until Kai has his back pressed as far into the couch as he can get.
"Why are you here?" Damon asks, his voice quiet but deadly.
Kai gulps and sends Caroline a look, she steps forward and kneels in front of Kai.
"Sweetie why are you here?" She asks gently.
Kais eyes dart from Damon to Caroline to Damon before they land on Caroline.
"I ran away, but you can't send me back. Please." Kai pleads.
"Why?" Damon asks.
"The whole coven hates me, if I go back it will only get worse. Please don't send me back, I'll do anything!" Tears full of desperation stream down Kai's face as he begs them.
Caroline looks up at Damon.
"Which coven?" Damon asks, ignoring Caroline.
"The Gemini Coven, they live in Oregon." Kai answers.
Damon gets lost in thought, "I don't think I did any thing to make them want revenge."
Caroline stands up, "Lets just take him to New Orleans and see what Agnes has to say."
"Fine, but if he hurts you I will get rid of him." Damon warns, and then stalks toward the car.
Kai looks terrified.
Caroline holds out a hand, "Just concentrate and you'll do fine.' She smiles reassuringly.
Kai nods before he reaches his hand out, he hesitates before placing it in Caroline's. Caroline beams at him when she doesn't feel anything. Kai relaxes and they make it to the car. Caroline pats Kai's hair down after she secures him in the back of the car to the best of her ability since they don't have a car seat. She smiles before shutting the door and sitting in the passengers seat. Damon drives them to the airport and then compels them seats on a plane. Caroline sits in the middle because Kai is terrified of Damon.
Once the land Damon persuades a rental car agency to give him a car, specifically a jet black Porsche. Damon plucks the keys out of a dazed mans hand as he says, "Thanks."
Damon whistles as he walks back to Caroline and Kai. Caroline is use to Damon's behavior, and doesn't even bat an eyelash when he compels them. But Kai is petrified and his blue eyes are wide with fear as Damon strides over to them. Damon locks eyes with the kid, and smirks when Kai takes a step back and hides behind Caroline.
The three of them are settled in the car as Damon speeds down the road. The engine purrs when Damon speeds up. Kai is looking a little green as he watches the outside wiz by. His fear of Damon harming or killing is preventing him from puking.
Damon slows down before stopping in front of a shack by the bayou. Damon leaves the car running as he gets out and motions for Caroline to follow. Caroline rolls her eyes at his dominating behavior, but gets out without commenting. Kai gets out of the back and runs to the nearest tree where he his breakfast ends up on the ground. Caroline crinkles her nose at the acidic smell but walks over and rubs soothing circles on his back.
Damon ignores them and knocks on the front door. He smirks when a young woman opens the door. She is below average height, has curly black hair, coco skin, and distrustful brown eyes.
Damon's smirk expands and he says, "Agnes, long time no see. How about you invite us in and we can discuss what I need form you."
Agnes opens the door fully, crosses her arms in defiance, but stays safely on the other side. "What do you want Damon?" she spits out.
Caroline and Kai are walking up behind Damon when he says, "There's no need to be hostile, we are in need of some information."
Agnes eyes widen in horror when she sees the little boy standing next to Caroline. Agnes gasps and asks, "Did you kill this boys family?" She takes a step further into her house and clutches the door.
Damon rolls his eyes at her dramatics and then becomes serious. "No. We found him, but we don't know what he is."
"What do you mean?" Agnes asks.
Damon sighs, "Just get out here and do your witchy thing so we can be on our way."
"Is he a vampire?" Agnes hesitantly asks, afraid that the answer would be yes.
"If he was a vampire I would know and we wouldn't be here." Damon says, his patience waning.
Agnes kneels down and says, "Come here child."
Kai looks hesitant, but Damon grabs him by the shoulder and pushes him through the doorframe. It was to fast for Kai to even think about siphoning. Kai slams in to Agnes and they both fall backward from the force of Damon's push.
Damon shrugs and says, "Oops, I guess I don't know my own strength." Sarcasm drips from each syllable.
Agnes gets up and then walks over to Kai and helps him up, but once she touches him she pulls back like she's been burned.
Caroline steps forward to help, but can't get passed the doorframe.
"What's wrong?" Damon asks, eyeing the witch suspiciously.
Agnes steps away from Kai and says, "He's an abomination of nature, a witch with out power of his own. The only way to obtain power is to siphon it from other supernatural beings."
A/N Caroline was an orphan and Damon turned her during the Great Depression. Damon left her right after she was turned and they didn't cross paths until the late 1930s and they had a brief fling. They crossed paths over the years and had a off again on again relationship. Damon turned on his emotions when he's alone. Caroline and Damon reconnected in the late 80's and started a relationship. They found Kai a few years later. The Parker family is 20 years younger. That's about it; I will try to stick to the story line from here on out.
