Part 2
"Daaaaaaaad"
She screamed hitting Damon with her elbows but he paid no mind as he kept on drinking the sweet nectar of her blood savoring the taste and the freesia smell of her. footsteps alerted him of someone coming closer
"let go of her"
"Damon!"
Stefan and Charlie shouted, the latter having his gun in his hands. He fired two shots straight in the back of the younger man with trembling hands. His shots had found targets straight into Damon's heart but he didn't realize it as the man holding his daughter didn't move. Stefan ran and forced his brother away from Bella who fell limply to the ground. Charlie ran to her and looked for a pulse. There was a weak one.
"What did you do to her Damon?"
Stefan asked pissed off trying to persuade himself that staking his brother would not be a good idea. Now they had one more person to tell the truth to. He was too weak from the animal diet to properly compel the man anyways and after the Jenna fiasco he was sure Elena would inform her uncle of the truth behind Mystic Falls strange accidents and house invasions.
"Take her to our house"
Stefan told Alaric and hauled his brother, who was strangely subdued, to their car. Alaric nodded and guided Charlie who was currying Bella to his car. Jeremy was behind the wheel already and Elena was shaking with fury in Alaric's car. The three cars drove fast and efficiently on the back roads until they reached the Salvatore boarding house. Stefan put Bella in Damon's room and threw his brother in his.
Downstairs Alaric filled every available glass with fine scotch. Elena had decided on the drive that if Charlie wanted to hang around, he had to be told the truth.
"How much do you know about the town's history Charlie?"
Words like 'uncle' and 'aunt' were non existent in her vocabulary.
"Not much. It was founded by a man called Fell, poor guy - imagine the teasing he got in elementary school? And is ran by an uber secret council Miranda played record keeper for"
"Do you know the purpose for this secret council?"
"No"
"It's to protect the town from vampires"
"Oh not here too"
"I'm sorry?"
Alaric butted in having Elena do the talking so far
"You have vampires here too? We had a flock in Forks too. Couldn't find a legit reason to throw them out for years. Only after Bells got hurt because of them the wolves upped the pressure on them and they left back in September. They came back last month but this time Bells threw them out herself"
"Wolves?"
"Werewolves actually"
"You have witches too?"
"Not that I know off"
Jeremy asked chuckling thinking that nothing was too strange anymore. Elena downed her drink savoring its burn down her throat and took the reigns of the conversation.
"I come from one. Mom and dad died because of one. My best friend was turned to one and now Jenna died because of one"
Charlie blinked.
"Okay"
"Okay?"
Jeremy asked.
"How can you be so calm?"
"I'm not calm son. But crying over spilt milk solves nothing. What I care about is getting you two and Bella out of this loony bin and back home where it's safer"
it was Elena and Jeremy's turn to blink.
"oh and on that page Alaric - it is Alaric right? - can I fulfill a promise please?"
Alaric nodded and approached the other man. Charlie smiled an evil smile that could rival Elijah and punched him in the stomach twice. as Alaric fell gasping to one knee Charlie knelt next to him.
"i promised Jenna to hit you for lying to her about your ex wife. No hard feelings"
Meanwhile upstairs Damon felt powerful and not dizzy at all. He checked his wolf bite to find it gone. His skin was clean and perfect, all traces of the bite gone. he crept to his room to find the girl laid in the middle of his bed looking like the missing piece that completed the set. He laid next to her and finding her pulse dangerously slow he bit onto his wrist and held it to her lips. He was still feeding her when the door opened and the man came in.
Charlie smiled calmly at the sight of 'that thing' holding his wrist on his daughter's lips and fired the remaining bullets in his gun straight into his chest
"Feeling better now?"
Damon snarked in usual derogatory tone upset over his ruined shirt that was shred to pieces and bloody from his various wounds.
"Yes actually. Charlie Swan"
Charlie said and extended his hand to Damon
"Damon Salvatore"
He shook Charlie's hand and the two men returned downstairs. Stefan's eyes went wide as saucers at the sight of his brother. Damon served himself a glass of AB+ and turned to Stefan. If Charlie noticed he was drinking the same bloodtype as his daughter he didn't comment. Not saying a word he repeated his actions from earlier. he lifted the sleeve of his left arm showing the clean skin.
"What? How?"
"her blood"
"her name is Bella"
Elena cut in.
"What did your arm have?"
"Tyler bit me"
"What?"
She asked panicked.
"oh don't worry. Your friend's blood is magic. I'm all healed now"
"Cousin. Bella is my cousin"
Jeremy answered
"Healed? How?"
Was Alaric's question. Damon simply shrugged. Charlie was silent and thoughtful
"a vampire bit her last spring. a cold one I think they're called"
"They actually exist? i thought they were legends"
Stefan said
"What is a cold one?"
Elena asked
"A type of vampire. They have ice cold skin, are practically invisible and get that - they sparkle in the sun"
Damon said between snorts of laugher, Elena chuckled and muttered
"She always had to one up me. You said last spring? Is that why she didn't come to the funeral?"
Charlie nodded
"She was hospitalized in phoenix. That vampire broke her leg and a few ribs before biting her. She said her boyfriend sucked it out"
The small family of sorts spent the rest of the day together.
