Since "Phoenix Rising" and "I Can't Escape Myself" are winding down, I wanted to give you the first chapter of this. I will warn you that it gets very dark at times and probably a bit uncomfortable. It's loosely based on "21 Jump Street" the Johnny Depp TV show, not the movies. I'm trying to portray this as real life. This is outside of my comfort zone. I really hope you will all learn to care about this Damon and Elena too.
Feeling her brain pounding against her temples like a jackhammer, Elena struggles to get her bearings. Waking up in a cold and dirty room, she raises up on her elbow. The last thing she remembers is leaving the courtroom to use the ladies room. Even with her vision blurry she can see that she's in some kind of a smelly and dank space. She can feel the chill deep inside of her bones but with no blanket, all she can do is curl up in a ball. There's not even a window in this dungeon for her to get any semblance of a location. How is Damon ever going to find her in a place like this? And where is this? she wonders, feeling her eyes begin to well up with tears. Sitting on the mattress with her legs pulled up and her arms wrapped around them, Elena drops her forehead to her knees. Rocking back and forth, she attempts to get warm but has little success. Closing her eyes, she wracks her mind to try to remember just how she ended up here. With fatigue setting in again, despite the chill, she closes her eyes, letting the darkness consume her.
"Brady, go around that way," Damon says, pointing to the north side of the building. Nodding, he draws his gun and then disappears on the corner. Damon takes the safely off of his own weapon and carefully rounds the south side of the building towards the school's football field. Their squad was asked to come to the school when several girls were raped after being drugged, one dying as a result. Having blended in with the students, it didn't take Damon and Brady very long to place Tyler Lockwood at the center of it. He sells roofies like candy making himself a pretty profit.
With Bonnie coming up from the east entrance, they all get into position, taking hiding places behind the stadium's pillars. They watch as Tyler Lockwood drags Elena out of his car and onto the empty field. Damon can see by the her posture and awkward body mechanics that he somehow was able to drug her or else she's doing an excellent job of acting. They watch for the precise moment with which to mount their attack. When Tyler shoves Elena to the ground, it takes everything in him not to launch himself at the bastard. It's when he pulls Elena's jeans down and drops his own that Damon gives the signal.
Although they try to move stealthily, Brady trips alerting Tyler to their presence. Not wanting to go to jail, he pulls up his jeans and makes a run for it. Having no time to get to his car, he runs off into the woods surrounding the stadium. When they reach the highway, he hurries across whereas Damon and Brady have to dodge oncoming traffic before finally reaching the other side. Just as Tyler is about to dart into a waiting car, Damon jumps him from behind, halting him in his tracks. With Brady for back up, the car spins its tires, disappearing in a cloud of dust.
Pulling Tyler to his feet, Damon reads him rights as he slams the cuffs on him. Moments later a uniformed unit shows up to transport their prisoner to jail. Once they get back to their department, they have a debriefing with their boss, police Capt. Atticus Shane.
Having no idea how long she's been here, she rubs her arms to try to warm them up. As the day wears on, she becomes irritable and frightened when she happens to notice a couple of spiders crawling up the wall. Swallowing thickly, just the sight of them makes her feel like her skin is crawling. Just this morning, at least she thinks it was this morning, she was sitting in the courtroom with Damon and Captain Shane. After many long months and delay after delay, they were finally going to be able to give their testimony in the Lockwood case, her dream encompassing what Damon told her about catching Tyler before he was about to rape her too. She played her part, letting Tyler slip her the drug. Damon has told her many times that he wasn't sure whether it was real or her playing the part. Having taken drama in high school, she lured Tyler in and set him up for the sting. Now she finds herself here but where's here she thinks to herself. When she hears a creaking sound, reminding her of rusty metal grinding against something, she startles awake. Looking up, she's so stunned to see him that her mouth literally drops open.
"You're awake, Officer Gilbert. How nice," he says, his voice eerily calm and yet sinister in its inflection. Approaching her, he takes the kerchief out of his pocket and wipes off the chair before sitting down.
"What do you want with me?"
"Officer Gilbert, you took my son away from me so I'm taking you away from your lover."
"Your son is a criminal who ruined more than one life. I was doing my job."
"Well, I'm doing mine," he retorts, raising an eyebrow at her.
"I don't understand."
"You've taken my son away from me for twenty years. But don't worry, I promise you that you'll see Officer Salvatore again," he adds cryptically. When he puts his fingers to his mouth, whistling aloud, two men and a woman join them in her cell.
"What are you doing?" Elena screams, kicking and fighting as two of the men pin her down. The third person, a woman, walks in brandishing a syringe. Swallowing thickly, Elena's heart starts pounding so hard against her chest wall that it hurts and her lungs seize as she struggles to pull air into them. The men have her pinned down so tightly that she can't move. Her eyes widen when the woman ties the tourniquet around her upper arm. The harder she fights, the tighter they hold onto her, even drawing blood where their fingernails are digging in. When she feels the prick of the needle against her skin, followed by a warm flush as a surge of intense euphoria and pleasure overwhelms her, she sighs, her muscles relaxing immediately. The rush lasts only minutes, the high lingering much longer. Suddenly intensely drowsy, the men throw her on a heap on the dirty mattress, leaving her unconscious and alone, her body already craving more.
Huge thanks to Eva for coming along for the ride, encouraging me when I came up with this idea. Without her brilliant plot points, I couldn't have written it though. She's truly invaluable to me.
My friend, Salvatoreboys4ever, has a post 8x16 story. "Our New Beginning". Although Delena are her favorite, she's also including other couples and their futures going forward. I'm sure she'd love for some of you to take a look if you're interested.
I will update TTBTR and ICEM before the week is over. PR updated yesterday.
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