A/N Thank you for all the reviews, they mean a lot to me so please keep them coming if you would like more. Just as a reminder, I'm not following much of the storyline but I will use it as a sort of template. So, just to help if you're confused, this is set during 6x09, where Kai 'sucks' up all the magic from the Traveler's spell. But he doesn't vamp-nap Elena so just read as if the end of that episode didn't happen.
Anyway, I hope you like it and if you do please leave a review.
Also if you would like to see a picture of Amelia, there is a link to one on my profile.
Chapter Two—Roll The Dice
Salvatore Boarding House—Earlier That Afternoon
"So why did you not tell us about her?"
Damon looked across at Elena, who was finishing off her lunch."I'm supposed to tell you all about every second of my life? Every person i've met, come across, murdered or turned? Because if so, we're gonna be here for a few years."
"No, of course not, but Amelia seems important. She clearly knows all about us, apart from the last few months. You've kept in contact and I was just wondering why you kept us from one of the few people who you seem to care about."
Damon didn't reply, just shrugged his shoulders and returned to his paper which had been given to him by Stefan. The paper was filled with little red circles around the articles that Stefan was convinced were about Kai. There had been a raise in body count since he had escape from his prison and Liz Forbes had been in contact about it, telling them that there was only so many times she could cover it before the locals started asking questions. There hadn't been any news from Kai apart from his murder victims, which seemed to get worse as time progressed. Jo was apparently 'freaking out' according to Alaric. She hadn't been sleeping well and was snapping at everyone, which they all assumed Kai wanted. He wanted Jo to be terrified, wanted her paranoid to torture her. But he would come for her soon, they all knew that, he wanted nothing more than to gain more power, but they had no idea when.
For now, they were merely sitting ducks.
Amelia, from what Damon could tell, was still upstairs in the bedroom he had assigned to her. Liv and Jo had practically taken over the mansion so the spare rooms were filled with witch supplies. Amelia had picked the room furthest away from everyone else, not wanting to overhear her sire with his girlfriend. He contemplated waking Amelia up when he had gotten up but he knew better than to disturb her. She had thrown a lot of stuff at him over the years because he had tried to disrupt her sleeping routine. Amelia never responded to being told what to do.
She had no problem killing someone if it meant that she or those she cared about was safe. That being said, she didn't have much people she cared for because she put people into categories. Damon was the only person that was in the 'love and protect' category and he knew that Elena and his friends had been placed in the 'tolerable' category. That meant that if he didn't care for them, she would have had no problem handing them over to the threat they were under before grabbing Damon and leading him away from the town. Despite that, Damon was sure that Stefan, though she didn't know him very well, was also put under the 'love and protect' category. Not because she cared for him like she did Damon, but because Stefan shared blood with him, and that was something she would never allow harm to come to.
"Damon? You're not going to give any explanation?"
He raised his head, looking over at Elena. He listened out for Amelia, checking to see if she had been disturbed and heard the bathroom sink tap being turned on. Using it to his advantage, Damon quickly replied to his girlfriend."I told you everything you all needed to know. I didn't tell you about her before, so what? You didn't ask and I wasn't going to let Mia get roped into the rodeo show that is Mystic Falls. All you need to know is that she has a mean right hook that can break Kai's jaw if she gets a good shot."
"So if she hadn't turned up, you wouldn't have told us about her?"
"If that had kept her safe and out of this, then yes. Wouldn't you do the same thing for Jeremy if given the chance?"
Elena opened her mouth to reply but before she could, the sound of heels hit their ears. A second later, a mumbling Amelia came into the kitchen. Her long red dyed hair was tied in a loose side fishtail braid, showing off the opal necklace she had picked up in the early nineteen hundreds in Spain. She had on a pair of denim shorts along with leather ankle boots, a corset camisole and a black leather jacket.
"Morning, Amelia. Did you sleep good?" Elena greeted and Amelia nodded with a small smile.
"Good mor-oh would you look at that? Eight minutes past twelve so I guess it's good afternoon, then."
"Just for that, i'm taking your tea, Salvatore."Amelia replied, taking his cup out of his grasp before he could protest, sitting down next to her sire."Apart from the ones you've filled me in on has there been anymore killings?"
Damon nodded, taking apart the newspaper before he spread them out, only showing the pages that held the red circles around them. Amelia looked them over, taking a long sip of Damon's tea before passing it back to him, picking up one of the nearest pages. She was quiet for a few minutes as she skimmed over the articles, brow arching at the interesting parts.
Amelia looked up at Damon with an impressed smile."Forgetting for a moment about him wanting you dead and your friend being locked away, this Kai guy does pretty good work. Really creative. Guess there isn't much else to do in a prison world other than thinking of ways to kill people, right?"
"It says that this taxi driver was strangled with an earphone wire. There was no other murder weapon similar to it in the car and after the autopsy it showed that the wire was a match to the imprint around his neck. You can't tell me that this isn't impressive? If we forget the crazy part and also him trying to end you-okay, i'm shutting up, don't give me that look, Damon."
Damon rolled his eyes as Elena shook her head, the doppleganger missing the small grin her boyfriend sent Amelia when she pointed out one of the killings that had caught her eye. He missed laughing, having fun. The past few months had been hard for him, especially with trying to get Bonnie out of the prison world that she was trapped in. He hadn't had time to relax and forget about the havoc that was his life for just a minute. Amelia drew that out of him, she always did. It could be the worst situation and she would be able to make him smile, to ease the pent up stress he was bottling up. He shook his head, taking the newspaper from her and the three returned to their silence.
"Paris? New York? Canada?" The redhead suddenly said a minute later, making the two look at her.
"What?" Elena asked.
"Why are you staying in a town that is crawling with people who want to kill you? There are plenty of other towns like this that look the same. After getting your friend back I suggest that you just...move."
"But this is my home, i've been here all my life."
"Do you not fancy a fresh start? Forget about your life here?"She asked Elena, leaning over the table to look into the doppleganger's eyes."Sort of what you did with Damon?"
Here we go. Damon groaned internally, not looking forward to what was about to happen.
Elena opened her mouth to reply, but just like before, something beat her."I quite fancy Cabo or maybe Aruba, myself. Some place...alive and young to make up for all the darkness i've been forced to endure all these years."
The three looked up as Enzo sauntered into the room, usual smirk in place. Damon, though thankful that his friend had saved him, sighed when he saw Enzo's eyes land on Amelia.
"Finally. My favorite soldier comes to rescue the damsel in distress. The awkward tension and small talk was getting to me!" Amelia smirked as Enzo advanced upon the table, sliding across from her.
"Damon been catching you up, love?"
"I thought I was your favorite soldier?" Damon broke in as he stood up, placing his dishes in the sink.
"Was. You forgot to tell me that you died. You're still in the bad books for now, Salvatore. Until then, Enzo is my favorite. I might even take him back to New York and give him one of my many Camaro's so that he can join our gang."
She smiled when Damon just shook his head, knowing that she was joking. She turned back to Enzo, handing him the papers they had been reading."I knew that your name was familiar. Damon did tell me about a cell mate, but nothing much. He didn't like speaking about it but it's nice to put a face to the name."
Amelia smiled up at Enzo, respect in her eyes as she remembered Damon telling her about how much Enzo had helped him through his torture. Damon had never spoke much about his time in the with the Augustine society, and it hadn't been until the night before he had told her everything about Enzo. He returned the smile, accepting the papers she offered and started reading. Damon frowned, noticing the look his friend sent Amelia and he rolled his eyes once more but ignored it. Elena saw this, understanding that Damon wasn't happy about Enzo's look towards Amelia. It wasn't a look that said that he was interested in her, it was one of protectiveness. Elena cleared her throat, trying to help out by engaging Amelia in conversation.
She leaned across the table, smiling at the other woman."So, Amelia, do you live in New York?"
Damon let out a laugh, as if Elena's question was the funniest thing he had ever heard. Elena looked over at her him."What's so funny, Damon?"
"Amelia? In one place? Never."
Amelia took the steaming cup from Damon as he returned to the table, placing Enzo and Elena's in front of them. She shook her head at Elena's question before answering."He's right. I have a place almost everywhere and I go wherever I feel like it. I get bored of one place if i'm there for too long and return when I get bored of another. But I keep my Camaro's in New York because i've spending most of my time there recently. I have an obsession with cars, especially my Camaro."
"Where do you plan on going next?"
Damon and Amelia answered in unison."That's up to the map."
Elena and Enzo shared a confused look before turning back to the two across from them. Damon laughed while Amelia flashed out of the kitchen using her vampire speed. She returned a few moments later, a worn out map in her hands. Damon moved aside the news paper articles for Amelia to open up her map. There were little crosses around the map and some scribbles. Some, from what the two could see, looked like Damon's hand writing. Amelia placed a pair of old looking dice on top of the map. She looked over at the other two with a wide smirk when she saw their confused looks while Damon toyed with the dice, smiling softly at the memories that had come with them.
"Whenever I get bored of one place, I take out the map. I roll the dice and wherever they land on is where I go. If each dice land on different places I call up Damon and he chooses between them. If they land on where I am, I roll again. Then, whichever number the dice show is the number of years i'll be spending in that place. If Damon is with me when the dice land on different places we compromise, spending half of the chosen years in one place before going to the other. It's not perfect, it's got it's flaws, but it's worked out well for the past hundred years or so."
Enzo looked over the map, curiously brimming in his eyes."That sounds-"
"Amazing? Smart? I know. Now, I fancy a break from all this...research. Anyone fancy a trip to the...Grill, is it?"
"I don't think so. What about Jo? She needs our help."
"Do we look like witches to you? Besides, isn't her sister and boyfriend helping her? Damon's been up all morning going through mountains of newspapers and, not to mention, spent the last few weeks searching high and low for something to get Bonnie out. He needs to let his brain settle, it can only take so much, y'know."She nudged her sire who glared playfully at her."It's just one drink, something to help him relex. He needs to get out of here for just a while because he's no use stressed, right? None of us are."
Enzo nodded fiercely, sighing when a crash came from the front room."I second that. I'll even buy the first round. Anything to leave this place."
"Damon? What about Kai?"
"What about Kai?"Amelia repeated with a sour look."I'm sure he's more interested in Jo than the rest of us. If he does come, anyway, I don't think it'll be the Grill."
She wanted Damon to relax. He didn't look like the Damon Salvatore she remembered. He looked worn out. Exhausted. Amelia would rather drag him out of the town, away from the threats to his life, but he wanted to get his friend back and he clearly was fond of Elena. So if she couldn't take him out of the town, she would stay and help him. She wouldn't let him run himself mad and wouldn't allow anyone else to put more pressure on him that what he already felt. Damon needed some time to himself, he deserved it. Damon looked between Elena and Amelia. Elena was sending him a pointed look, one that told him that she expected him to agree with her. He then looked at Amelia, who wasn't even looking at him instead she was too busy sharing a look with Enzo, one of understanding.
"Just one drink, mate. Otherwise you'll be too exhausted to welcome back the Bennett witch when she gets out." Enzo spoke, backing up Amelia."Besides, lovely here, is right. He's too busy with his twin to come for us. Even if he does, we'll tear his head off and celebrate over several drinks. What do you say?"
"How about we let the dice decide? Eight we drink at home with the cast of Bewitched while anything else sets in stone that we go to the Grill." Damon said, wanting nothing more than to leave the boarding house which was now being used as a magic school for Jo.
"It's out of our hands." Amelia grinned at a sceptical Elena.
Damon grabbed the dice, shaking his hand before he released them onto the table. The rolled for a few seconds before landing in front of Elena, inches from the edge of the table. Damon, Amelia and Enzo leaned over, eagerly reading the numbers.
"Two and three equals five. The fates have granted our wish." Damon tapped the table with his hands."Let's go!"
"We're taking my car. I'll go get my keys." Amelia decided with a pleased tone.
Amelia took her dice from Elena's side of the table with a wink, grabbing her map as she stood up. She flashed out of the room to put them back, not willing to risk the others getting their hands on them. Enzo shrugged back on his leather jacket, handing Damon his one as he walked around the table to the exit, leaving the other two vampires alone. Elena stood up, crossing her arms over her chest as she watched Damon put on his jacket, picking up his wallet from the table and pocketing it. He raised his head to see Elena glaring at him with an unhappy look on his face.
"Why so pouty?"Damon asked, jutting out his own lower lip. Elena's upset look didn't leave her face and he sighed, straightening."You can come too. Jo doesn't need our help, we're useless here. Like Enzo said, if the dick decides to show up, we have a much better chance taking him down than we have here. We won't have to worry about the Jo or the wonder twins. If he does kick our ass, it's better there than over here, right?"
"Is this what you were like when we were together? Going off without taking to me first?"
Damon's face fell at Elena's harsh words and his jaw clenched, his teeth grinding together. Things had been difficult for the two ever since Elena had wiped her memory but every time Damon thought they were getting closer to building something, Elena would pull back or push him away. The elder Salvatore didn't see Enzo and Amelia standing at the door frame, both wearing blank looks when they saw his shattered expression. It was quickly gone though because Damon's mask came up, but they could see the look in his eyes. Broken. Amelia took a step forward, her eyes flashing, but Enzo pulled her back, shaking his head.
Let me handle this. He mouthed at the redhead.
After Amelia nodded he re-entered the kitchen, sauntering up to the two.
"Actually, sweetheart, you did most of the running. I can't remember how many times he had to save you from the trouble you walked into. I've lost count."Enzo smirked when Elena glared at him and he just shrugged."I take it you're not coming to the Grill?...good because you're not invited. C'mon, mate, first round is on me, remember?"
Damon nodded, avoiding looking at Elena as he followed Enzo out of the kitchen. They joined Amelia at the foyer who was watching Jo and Olivia working on a simple spell. Olivia was chanting in a foreign language, her hand in the air. When she clenched her hand, several books began to levitate in the air, making Amelia clap, impressed. She opened her eyes a second later, causing the books to tumble to the floor.
"You're good." Amelia nodded with a smile.
"Thanks!" Olivia replied with a grin. She then turned to Jo, nodding in encouragement.
"You're turn."
Damon warned them not to break any more stuff as he led Amelia out of the boarding house, not responding when Elena called on him. Enzo shut the door just before she could run after them, following the other two to Amelia's black Camaro which was parked next to Damon's. Amelia smiled lovingly down at her beloved car, running her hand across the boot adoringly before she unlocked it. Just as Amelia was about to get into the car, a loud crash followed by a string of curses hit their sensitive hearing. They heard Olivia and Alaric speak as Jo constantly apologized for smashing one of Damon's favorite ornaments. The elder Salvatore ran a hand over his face, letting out a tired groan when he heard Alaric tell Olivia to get a brush to help clean the smashed pieces up.
"It's like having kids!" He mumbled."I can't tell you how glad I am that vampires can't procreate."
Amelia let out a laugh, leaning against her car."Who says you don't have any? Stefan told me that you were also a manwhore when you were human. That was one thing that defiantly hasn't changed."
"He's just jealous."
"Sure he is, Salvatore. Now, one of you has to sit in the back." Amelia told them as she got in.
Damon gestured for Enzo to get in first, instantly assuming that he was sitting up front. Enzo just shook his head. Enzo then smirked at him, patting his shoulder as he gestured for Damon to get into the back seat.
"Sorry, mate, but I called shotgun."
"Of course you did." Damon dead-panned as he climbed into the backseat.
The Grill—Two Hours Later
"When did he turn into such a buzzkill? He's done nothing but stare at the same drink for the past half an hour. He's only had about three drinks. Are you sure this is Damon Salvatore?"
"He smiled more when we were locked in cages and tortured for hours on end."
"I can still here you two."
"We know. You know, I remember you telling me that Stefan was the broody, whipped and boring brother. But from what i've seen in the last two hours is the complete opposite. You and Stefan have some Freaky Friday thing going on."
"Freaky Friday?" Enzo repeated with a confused look on his face.
"It's a movie. A mother and a daughter have an argument and some witchy-woo goes on that forces them to spend a day in each other's bodies. Laughter and a lot of embarrassment ensues along with a big event which causes them to have a bonding moment before they return to their bodies and live happily ever after. Basically the same template for each sob story."
Amelia then tilted her head in Damon's direction."Kinda like Damon and Stefan's love lives. A sob story that always has the same ending."
"Funny. Nice to know that you two have my back."
There was no humor in his voice, no sarcasm or no insult afterwards. Nothing that was the usual Damon. Instead, he just looked down at his drink with a blank expression on his face. Amelia rolled her eyes, something she seemed to do a lot of recently and released a long sigh. The three sat in silence before the sound of Damon's ringtone broke it. He downed his drink before pulling out his mobile and by the wonder on his face, Enzo and Amelia instantly knew who it was. They shared a look as Damon stared at the name, his finger hovering over the answer button. But before he could press down on it, Amelia swiped his mobile from his grasp and jumped off of her stool before he could take it back.
"Mia! Give it back."
"You're mobile has been ringing ever since we left that place. Does Elena not know the definition of 'relax'?"
"Mia, I ignored her on the way here and I think she has learned her lesson. Now give it!"
She shook her head before pressing down on the ignore button, then pocketing it."Nope. No way. She has to learn that you are not a dog. She cannot throw a stick and expect you to come running back for a treat. Not on my watch."Amelia then pointed to the stool he had been occupying and ordered him.
"Now sit!"
Damon, though irritated that she had stolen his mobile, couldn't help the chuckle that left him. Amelia had her arms over her chest, her eyes were narrowed and she was tapping her foot in an impatient manner. Damon knew this look. It was her 'I know that you're older and could kick my ass but I don't care so do what I say' look. He had only been on the receiving end of it a handful of times over the years and it was inescapable. The first time he had gotten it was when Amelia had been fourteen, on their first meeting. She had been playing catch with her younger brother, Andrew, and to tease her, he had thrown it as far as he could, which had been into the forest. Damon, who had been searching for someone to feed on, had been walking through the forest for animal hunters, the easiest pray since they were out of the eye of the public.
The ball had fallen at his feet and he had picked it just as Amelia had come running up towards him. She had thought that he was going to take it and since it had been her brother's present from their father, Amelia had given him the look until he had given it back. The look had made him, for the first time in years, smile. But that wasn't what had made him connected to her, no, it was the smile she had given back. The smile that made Damon's heart melt and from that day on, he had swore never to let that smile turn into a frown.
He had protected her from the other vampires he had come across in the town, taught her her native tongue, which had been Italian, since her parents had moved to America when she was born. When the first boy she liked boy broke her heart Damon had given him the most traumatizing nightmare he could think of. Since her town had become suspicious of vampires and was trying to hunt them down, Amelia had done her best to steer them away from Damon. Her uncle had been one of the leading men of those looking for vampires and whenever she heard him talking about it, she would tell Damon.
This would all come to haunt them when she was eighteen and an attack had been made on her house. Rumors had been circling around that the Germani family had been harboring vampires and since her uncle had been the leading man of the hunt for vampires, the attack had been brutal. Her house had been set on fire and her parents had burned to death, unable to escape their bedroom. Andrew, who had been fourteen, also burned to death while he had been sleeping. The fire hadn't gotten to Amelia since her bedroom was the furthest from the others, but the smoke had done a lot of damage on her. She had been close to passing out and had been trapped in the hallway while trying to find away out. Damon had saved her just in time. Her heartbeat had slowed down and she had been moments away from death just as Damon had given her his blood.
After that, she became apart of his family.
Damon broke out of his thoughts when Amelia's laughter hit his ears.
"...escape for one afternoon? How about it, soldier?"
"I'm in, love. No convincing needed here. I recently spent over a week in captivity, I need it."
"What do you say, Damon? One free afternoon. No sociopath witch wanting to end you, no friend stuck in 1994 prison world, no girlfriend who wiped her memory and then acts like a drama-queen. Just one afternoon with your best friends. Stress-free environment. Truthfully, you need it. You're going to start getting wrinkles and since you're not supposed to age, you should start to worry."
Enzo nodded, agreeing with Amelia."You do need it, mate. The witch has her hubby, your girl and her sister, right? I'm sure they'll be fine for a few hours."
He tipped his glass towards Damon with a wink.
"Stefan is doing sweeps around the town looking for him with the other twin, Luke, remember? So you can take a break. Just stop being broody and have fun. Remember fun? That thing you do that makes you smile."Amelia grabbed his hand and placed a re-filled glass in it.
"Smile, Damon. For me?"
There it was. The smile that always managed to break through Damon's walls. Amelia smiled up at her sire, eyes shining. Before he knew it, Damon was smiling back at his friends and he nodded, brushing his lips across Amelia's forehead, silently telling her that he was all right because he knew that all of this was because she was worried about him. He took off his jacket and placed it on the bar before he sat back down next to her.
"Fine, for you. But don't come crying to me when I drink you under the table."
Damon smirked at them. A true, unmistakable Damon Salvatore smirk that made each girl that saw it go weak at the knees. His blue orbs sparkled, something that Amelia hadn't seen since she saw him years before.
"There he is." Amelia sing songed when Damon grabbed the bottle from the bartender.
Salvatore Boarding House—1 Hour Earlier
"What's going on between you two? It seemed like something happened before they left."
"I don't know. I've been calling him since he left but he's not answering. He says one thing then does another, Caroline, it's like i'm keeping up with someone who has two personalities. Was he like this before?"
Caroline sent her a look that said 'what do you think?' as she followed Elena into the front room where Jo, Olivia and Alaric were working on Jo's magic lessons. Chairs were tossed backwards, vases had been smashed and paintings were crooked. The female vampires stepped aside to avoid the smashed vases and picked up the chairs as they made their way over to the witches. Elena sat down on a sofa that wasn't knocked over and pulled out her mobile again. She had been calling Damon ever since he had left with Amelia and Enzo but each call always went to voicemail. He hadn't returned any of her calls like he usually did and it only served to anger Elena more. She had come to the conclusion that he was either ignoring her or was too drunk to notice his mobile.
She decided to believe the second option.
"How's it going?"
Olivia accepted the glass of soda Caroline offered her, leaning against the wall as Jo, copying her levitating spell from earlier, once again dropped the book she had been levitating."Got some kinks to work out but making progress since this morning. She hasn't broken anything for at least two hours. I'm sure that by the end of the month she'll be strong enough to be a match for him."
Jo nodded in agreement with Olivia's words, letting out a long breath, looking confident for the first time in a long while. She was getting better with each time she practiced with her sister and was positive that when the time came, she would be able to be a close match to her twin. Alaric smiled in encouragement to his girlfriend, placing his hand protectively over hers, squeezing it. Elena offered Jo a smile as did Caroline, though the female vampire's weren't so enthusiastic. Ever since Kai had 'sucked' up the magic from the Traveler's spell, he had been unstoppable. Jo could barely levitate a few books or set light to candles without losing focus within few seconds. They wanted her to succeed and kill Kai, but they were cautions. But they still encouraged her and had gained a lot of respect for her.
Though the nice moment didn't last. A loud cackle came from the entrance of the boarding house. Their smiles dropped at the familiar mocking sound and their heads snapped in the direction of the foyer. Kai was leaning against the archway frame, a large grin on his face. He looked like Olivia's earlier words had been the most amusing thing he had heard in a long time.
"Come on, now, that's just insulting. Even for me."
Kai smirked at the astonished looks on their faces."I will admit, though, it did take a while to find you. Though that was probably because i've spent that last few days taking my frustration out on almost every person i've passed. Oh, well. I win."
He jumped down the step that led into the main room, unfazed at Caroline and Elena's attempt at intimidating him. Olivia, terrified, looked over at the hallway entry at her left. She moved as fast as she could towards it, her face pale at seeing him, but before she could take her second step, she found herself on the floor. The female twin let out a loud, high-pitched cry of pain, clutching her head as her eyes screwed shut. Joe rushed by her sister's side, pulling her into a comforting brace while the other three stood in front of them in a protective stance.
"Don't worry, Livvy, I didn't come for you. Just Jo." Kai winked, releasing Olivia from his spell before whispered."Phasmatos Somnus."Olivia slumped to the floor, going limp in Jo's arms, knocked out.
"H-How did you find me? I put a-"
"Cloaking spell on yourself, I know, and a very sucky one. You can't run from me because no matter how much you train yourself, Jo, i'll always win. Even your,"Kai looked over Alaric, Elena and Caroline."...guard dogs won't be able to protect you."
Alaric moved towards Kai, but like before when he attempted to intimidate the brunette, he found himself in the air then across the room, smashing into a bookcase before he tumbled to the ground. Books fell on top of the now knocked out teacher causing Kai to smile proudly at himself. Jo called out Alaric's name, jumping up before ran over to her boyfriend, sweeping books off of him before cradling his head in her lap, checking him over.
"Just hand her over and we'll call it quits. Or I kill you all. Pick one. I'd be happy to do both."
"I don't think so. It's not fair."
Caroline nodded in agreement to her friend, adding with a mocking smile."Besides, what's a month? If you're as super powerful as you think you are, surely you can wait? Or are you scared that Jo might beat you?"
Kai narrowed his eyes at the blonde, taking a large step forward. His face went blank for a moment and he just stared at her, as if imaging all the ways to kill her in his head. Caroline stared back, unfazed by the witch. But then, all of a sudden, Kai began to laugh once again. It made her flinch and take a step back. He continued to laugh, as if what she had said was the most funniest thing he had ever heard. Then he stopped, just as sudden as he had started, and his expression turned to one of impatience.
"You're funny...for a blonde. I'll let that go, just because you've got the IQ of a rock and probably didn't know any better. Now get out of my way."
"Or what?"
Kai tilted his head, studying the blonde and a second later Caroline was thrown back against the wall behind her by an invisible force. Elena moved to help her friend but with a flick of his wrist Kai snapped her neck, moving backwards before Elena fell on him, causing her to land on top of the coffee table, hitting her head off the side before she rolled onto the ground. Kai stepped over Elena and his gaze landed on Jo, who was shaking violently, looking stuck and unable to move. She clutched Alaric to her, eyes wide with fear as she stared at her twin.
"Time to go, sissy, big things to do and so little time."
"NO! I'm not ready yet." She shook her head, scrambling away.
"I don't care."
Kai stalked towards his twin slowly, like a predator circling it's prey. His eyes were dark, making her blood run cold and though she had been getting better with her magic, Jo was frozen. Memories of what he did to her years before flashed in her mind. Her breath stuck in her throat, her stomach knotted as he came closer. Kai chuckled, climbing over fallen books and avoiding smashed vases. But before he could grab at her, a gush of wind hit him and when he recovered, his twin was gone. Kai's face fell and he spun around, eyes narrowing. He snarled, releasing an angry yell, his fists clenching.
"NO!"
His eyes zoned in on Caroline, who was stumbling slightly as she got onto her feet. Olivia was also gone he noticed as he made his way over to Caroline, kicking away a table, not bothering to avoid Elena's body as he advanced upon the blonde.
"Where are they?!"
"How am I supposed to know? I was too busy with being thrown into a wall to notice."
"Where. Are. They?" Kai screamed loudly, clutching Caroline's forearms, shaking her.
As he did, he also used the migraine spell. The blonde cried out in agony, expression one of pain and discomfort. Her eyes shut as she tried to focus on anything but the headache and the sociopath in front of her.
"I don't know! I didn't see anything."
"Good thing i'm the master at hide and seek then."
Caroline was thrown to the ground again, and a few seconds later the pain in her head was gone. When she opened her eyes, he was gone.
Present—The Grill
"Say it! You have to say it, love."
Amelia, with a big grin on her face, rolled her eyes."You win. I lost. You're the king of 'how-many-shots-can-you-drink-before-you-fall-off-your-stool?' Happy now?"
Enzo responded with a smirk of his own, letting out a loud chuckle when Amelia turned to speak to Damon but ended stumbling. He quickly caught her though, settling the older vampire onto her feet before she could fall to the ground again. Her stool was knocked onto the floor behind her thanks to Damon. They had ended up making up a game when they soon became bored of small talk and Enzo, who had mastered the art of keeping his mind clear from all the years of being locked up, had easily won. Amelia had gotten close to twenty five before falling off of her seat, well, she had been pushed off by Damon who had lost at twenty. He was now sulking with his head in his hands, complaining.
"It's not right! I've barely had time to catch up on my drinking! I've been too busy watching out for the dick who's caused his twin to take over my home."
"You're just a sore loser. I've got a sore ass to prove it, you cheat!"
"I didn't push you on purpose. I...I slipped."
Amelia shook head head with a smile, nudging her sire. She turned back to the bar and picked up a shot she had missed out then gulped it down without a second thought. Enzo instantly poured her another, but as he did, a ringing sound echoed in his ears. He frowned, wondering where it was coming from and looked around, settling down the almost empty bottle. He finally replied that it was coming from Amelia, who was happily downing the newly refilled glass.
"Sweetheart, you're ringing."
"I know...isn't it fun?" Amelia responded, moving her hips to the ringtone.
"...well, I'm the crawlin' King snake, and I rule my den...I'm the crawlin' king snake, and I rule my den...yeah, don't mess 'round with my mate...gonna use her for myself…."
Damon's mobile Enzo quickly realized with an amused look.
Amelia's sultry dancing distracted Enzo for a moment, who's composure was beginning to get away from him, his mind hazy. Amelia laughed, hips rolling in time with Jim's smooth voice, smiling drunkenly at Enzo. He shook his head, clearing his mind before trying to get her attention again. But it failed. Amelia had grabbed Damon's hands and was on a mission to cheer him up by engaging him in what he loved most. Dancing. Stumbling slightly, Damon twirled Amelia around in a circle before following her movements, catching the attention of a bunch of women sitting at a booth who cheered him on. Enzo tried to gain their attention to the mobile ringing in Amelia's shorts, in her back pocket but they didn't notice him or just didn't bother to reply.
"Sweetheart?"
"Remember the sixties and seventies? We...we danced a lot then." Amelia slurred to her sire.
"Hey, love?" Enzo called but Amelia seemed oblivious.
"Yep and I looked amazing then. Still do." Damon replied with a wide smile, throwing his head back, eyes shut.
"Oh, bloody hell!"Enzo growled, deciding that he was reteiving the mobile."Don't punch me for this, mate. I was given no choice."
Enzo shook his head and grabbed Damon's ringing mobile out of Amelia's back pocket. He looked down at the lit up screen after unlocking it and Stefan's name flashed back at him. Happy that it wasn't Elena, Enzo shrugged and pressed the green button, placing the mobile to his ear. Meanwhile, Amelia and Damon let out a protest in unison, glaring at Enzo before turning back to their drinks. He waved them off, feeling as if he were babysitting a bunch of teenagers. Years of being locked up and forced to control himself with the small glass of blood he got, had come as a great advantage when wanting to win at a drinking game or having a high pain tolerance.
"Damon's phone. How may I help you?"
'Enzo? Why do you-never mind, I don't care. Kai just attacked at the boarding house. Caroline and Elena were injured. Luckily I arrived just as he did and managed to get Jo and Olivia out just before he got to Jo. Luke's working on a cloaking spell but i don't think that'll last long compared to the power Kai has right now. He doesn't know that I have them but i'm more than sure he's pretty pissed off and coming after them.'
"Does that mean they won't be practicing there anymore?!" Damon slurred loudly with crossed fingers in view."I'm getting my home back?!"
'Shut up, Damon and get sober. All of you. Where are you? There's four of us and one of him. We're older then Elena and Caroline, we're their best shot. We'll come to you.'
"The Grill, where else? But the first place he'll check is here, won't he? He'll go straight for Damon, thinking he's the one who saved them." Enzo asked, truly not in the mood to have his ass kicked.
'There's nowhere else. He's probably on our trail already. We're on our way and we'll come up with a plan when we get there. Bye.'
Without waiting for a reply, Stefan hung up. Enzo shrugged and tossed the mobile onto the bar, sitting back on his stool. He didn't really know the witches and weren't bothered with them so he wasn't interested on being in a fight with Kai. But since Damon, his best friend, was involved, Enzo was more than willing to fight his side. Also Amelia's. He hadn't known her more than twenty four hours but he could tell that she was nothing less than loyal to Damon. He could tell how much Damon adored her by the wide smile he gave whenever she was around. It wasn't the half smile he gave to others, but a full one that Enzo hadn't seen since Damon came back from his prison world and was around Stefan. Amelia instantly sobered up at the mention of the witch, her mind instantly going into overdrive, thinking of ways to make sure that herself and Damon were safe.
Voice laced with nothing but eagerness, Amelia snapped her fingers at her sire, demanding his attention."We should go, Damon. How about somewhere far, far, far away. I'm sure there's a bar wherever there is. Roadtrip!"
"But Stefan's coming with the witches. Kai's coming." Damon mumbled, still under the influence but his voice was less slurred.
"I know that. That's we should go. I say we grab Stefan and Enzo then go and if you want, we'll come back for their funerals. We'll bring flowers. Pretty ones, okay?"
"You're not helping?" Her sire asked, now a little more sober than he was earlier.
Amelia let out a long sigh, somewhat missing no humanity Damon."I don't know them. Neither do you. But if you want to stay and fight…i'll stay. But at least consider it?"
She didn't mind Olivia, Luke and Jo but she didn't know them. Therefore she would more than willingly leave them to die if it meant that Damon was safe. She had promised to stay and help him fight if he was staying but that didn't mean she'd offer to leave. Amelia could ruthless and wouldn't show mercy for leaving others to suffer if it meant that those she loved were safe. She didn't care for a lot of people and others saw her as selfish and cold hearted if she left them to suffer but Amelia wouldn't apologize for that. She was a lot like Damon in that matter. Damon wouldn't blink before letting others die or be harmed if it meant that his family and loved ones were safe. While those around him looked at him as if he were a monster for doing that, Amelia didn't. Damon was Amelia's hero and in a lot of ways, she was his.
"You don't know me, love. Since when was I apart of your roadtrip to safety? Stefan I understand because he's Damon's blood. I'm not."
Amelia faced Enzo as Damon shrugged back on his leather jacket, combing his fingers through his hair to fix his disheveled look."Maybe it's the accent."She grinned at him before her expression turned serious."Or maybe it's the fact that you kept Damon sane for five years and even after he left you, you've shown nothing but loyalty towards him. If Damon loves someone, I protect them. Family, Enzo, doesn't have to be your blood. You're Damon's family. He's my family."
She saw his smirk widen and she returned it before adding."Doesn't mean you're getting to drive my car, though."
"We're staying. But if it gets too much, you're going, Mia."
Amelia turned from Enzo and glared up at Damon, arms across her chest, giving him 'the look' again."I am doing no such thing, Salvatore. If you're staying, which I find completely ridiculous by the way, i'm staying. Besides, when have I ever walked away from a fight? Never. Ever since Moria Livingston got mud on my dress when I was five. I hated her."
"Kai is the definition of deranged. If he can take down two vampires, including me more than once, he'll have no problem taking you down."
"Caroline and Elena are barely a few years old. You and me, though similar in a few ways, are different. You're impulsive, i'm not...sometimes. Besides, we'll have Stefan and Enzo who have more than one hundred years on Caroline and Elena. They are baby vampires, and no offence, but not the smartest i've come across. Not to mention a few people we can sacrifice if things get out of hand. Look around you."
Amelia gestured to the people in the bar."Human shields. I saw it in a movie. It was awesome. We'll also have three witches. If they don't participate, we'll just hand them over."Damon gave her a pointed look and she waved her hand at him."Don't give me that look. Only if we absolutely have to because, let's face it, they aren't good on the spot. Look at what happened to them earlier. You told me that he just sucked up a pretty big spell. Though helpful, he can't have already learned how to control it, right?"
Damon nodded, downing another shot in one go. If he was going to get his ass handed to him again and be forced to suffer while Kai did the migraine spell on him then he didn't want to feel it. When they weren't working on his side, he hated witches more than anything. Especially ones who made his head pound like a beating drum. As he listened out for anyone coming into the Grill, his eyes caught sight of a knife behind the bar beside the lemons that the bartender had been cutting up. He quickly grabbed it without anyone noticing. Amelia did. She let out a small laugh, arching an eyebrow as Damon toyed with it between his fingers. Enzo also saw Damon with the knife and he leaned against the bar, watching Damon with an amused gaze while Amelia scanned the room, picking out the collateral damage just in case the need should arise.
"What are you gonna do, mate? Butter him up?" Enzo mocked with a grin.
"No. Cut out his damn tongue if I get the chance. Kai talks. A lot." Her sire replied with a bitter edge to his voice.
Amelia opened her mouth to tell Damon that Kai wasn't the only person who enjoyed hearing his own voice. But before she could, another person broke into their conversation."What else would you do after not having someone to talk to after twenty years of being trapped by yourself?"
Uh-oh we have company.
The three turned around to see Kai appear out of nowhere wearing his trademark smirk. Damon looked around to see if his brother had showed up and let out an annoyed hiss when he couldn't hear or see anything that resembled Stefan. He twirled the knife in his fingers and threw it at Kai but before he could the brunette had disappeared. The knife clattered to the floor, causing the Grill to go silent, each person turning towards Damon with an annoyed look with some confusion. Damon let out a stressed groan, remembering how much he hated that move Kai always pulled. Enzo and Amelia turned around, now back to back as they searched for the invisible witch. He grabbed Amelia, pulling her behind him as he and Enzo circled, ignoring the weird looks people were giving them.
"I forgot about that move."
"What the bloody hell was that?" Enzo asked, listening out for the missing witch.
"You didn't tell me he could do that!" Amelia growled out at Damon."What is he? A witch or a damn magician?"
Appearing again, this time sitting on the bar behind them, Kai tilted his head, eyes fixed on the three still looking around for him. He cleared his throat, demanding their attention, which he got instantly.
"I can do a lot of things. I am, after all, mega-powerful. Now, who's buying?"
Sorry that there wasn't much Kai in this chapter, but at least he was in it. This chapter was just a set up to bring Kai and Amelia face to face. Also i was worried about writing him, i've never written Kai before so i'm sorry if i wasn't very good. The next chapter will mostly be about Kai and Amelia's first meeting. Anyway, thanks for all the reviews, they mean a lot to me. If you want more, you know what to do.
Can we make it to twenty with this chapter?
Sorry for any grammar/spelling mistakes.
