Chapter Three; Devil's Deal, Saving Salvatore.
Buzz...Buzz...Buzz...
Charlotte Ash didn't take much notice to her ringing phone, as she ripped the head off another victim. The bar was silent, as the blood soaked into the wooden furnishings of the bar. Charlotte didn't much care about getting caught committing murder, it wasn't like the police could even touch her. She was doing what felt right, sustaining her hunger. Drinking the sweet red concoction of blood and alcohol. She dropped the body, kicked the head across the room as she walked to the counter where a compelled barrister stood frozen, Charlotte Ash motioned for her to fill up her tumbler with more Whisky. Charlotte picked up her phone that was on the counter while the Barrister filled her drink.
Six missed calls, two texts from her not so dear friend, Katherine. Charlotte sighed, she had to admit that Katherine wouldn't try to get in touch with her if it wasn't important. Katherine had probably run into trouble and was begging for help, again. Charlotte dialled the number and brought it to her ear, she took a gulp from the tumbler. When the phone clicked signalling Katherine had picked up.
"I am not your bodyguard, Kathrine" Charlotte Ash said. "I'm not going to help you"
"but what about Damon?" Katherine asked. Charlotte didn't answer, instead, she downed the rest of the whisky and waved for the Barrister to fill it again.
"I'm in Mystic Fall," Katherine said. "so is your family, they've got Damon as a hostage. Pretty sure they're tortureing him and I know how much you love up-holding your precious little demon deals"
"They're not demon deals, Kathrine"
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"Let us out! You sick son of a bitch!" Charlotte Ash yelled hitting the metal doors. She was weakened by the vervain and the foxglove. They must know who she really is - know that she isn't just a normal vampire. If word got out that they had captured an Original? The craziest one of them all thing would be bad for her and she just couldn't help but think of her father, if he found out she was weak and trapped here. She was a goner.
"I'll kill you! I'll rip you mortal to shreds like the pathetic weak creatures you are!"
"I don't think threatening is helping, Ash" Damon sighed.
"Shut up! It's your fault we're here anyway! You were the one who wanted to see some Mortal distant relative" Charlotte snapped. She sighed and walked further into the cell, leaning on the wall before sliding to the cold floor.
There was a laugh from a cell to the far right, in the cell next to Damon's making both vampire's freeze. "Your friends right, sweetheart. Threatening won't do anything"
"Yeah, but it would make me feel better" Charlotte pouted.
"Where the hell are we?" Damon asked.
"Hell" The stranger returned. "I'm Lorenzo by the way, but my friends call me Enzo"
"I'd say it's pleasure but considering that I'm locked in a damn cell" She hit the wall closet to her. "It's bloody not!"
"The crazy-angry English girl is Ash, I'm Damon Salvatore. What's the deal with this place?"
It was obvious that Ash hated staying trapped like this and Damon already knew all about Ash's blood-addiction. Knowing her gave him an insight on how it must've been like for his brother. It gave him an understanding he didn't have before. It made him feel guilty about it all.
Ash was always either pacing her cell getting irritated quickly and always fidgeting. Days passed quickly, morphing into months and it turned into months and Charlotte Ash was talking less and less. She didn't deal well with being trapped.
"Ash, whatever your planning don't," Damon said. "They'll kill you" It was the first time anyone had said anything in days.
"I cannot die, Damon" Charlotte stated.
"They can if they decide to stake you in the heart," Enzo said. Charlotte didn't say anything.
"Please," Damon said. "We'll figure something out, we will get out together. All of us."
Charlotte Ash looked at the brick wall separating them. Six months in total. That's how long they'd been here and as every day passed her father was getting closer and closer to finding her. She was scared because not only would Mikael kill her but he would kill Damon and Enzo too.
It was then footsteps echoed through the hall getting closer and closer. Charlotte Ash tensed. Who would be the next to go in for a round of torture?
The human's unlocked her cell and entered. Charlotte Ash was a fighter, A survivor she had not out-ran, out-smarted and survived the wrath of the most powerful being on earth, Mikael, to be killed by mindless humans. They were idiots. But as they got closer, ripper thirst hit her with explosive strength and she couldn't control it. She takes much notice of how many there was, she grabbed the nearest one pulling them into her arms and biting down on the doctor's neck. Another doctor revealed a syringe and plunged it into Charlotte. Charlotte was rendered unconscious and dragged from her cell leaving Damon to call for her helplessly.
It might've been days, or weeks maybe a month or two before they returned Charlotte Ash to her cell. The lock closed behind her and she took a seat in the far right corner. Knees to her chest. She didn't say anything and neither did Enzo or Damon. Hours ticked by.
"I'm glad you're not dead," Damon said quietly but they all heard it.
"I told you. I cannot die..." Charlotte said. Her lips were cracked and her body shook. She hated this feeling, this feeling of utter weakness. Her family was the strongest and she was weak enough to be captured by humans?
"Ash?" Damon asked.
"Talk to us, Ash" Enzo said.
There was another long silence. " Make a deal with me" Charlotte Ash said.
"what?" Enzo asked.
"A deal" She clarified. " No matter what happens we'll have each other back and when we ask for help we'll be there for each other, no matter what. That we'll always have each other's backs..."
"I promise," Damon said.
"Yeah, whatever" Enzo said half-heartedly.
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"Text me the address," Charlotte sighed and hung up on Katherine. Damon Salvatore, it had been years since she last saw him. She wondered if he still felt the same about her. After everything that had happened between them. He sure would be surprised to see her alive, again.
A few moments later, Charlotte Ash's phone buzzed and she glanced at it. The address was located in a small town named Mystic Falls. She knew Kol came to visit her but she didn't know they were this close. She probably drove through that village and completely missed them.
Charlotte left the bar and walked to her classic cherry red car; '67 Ford Mustang 289 V8. She had bought the car when it was practically brand new. It wasn't long before she pulled the car up outside the mansion.
Charlotte was sure her siblings if they were in the house, had heard her pull up so she slammed the door shut. As she reached the front door, she waved her hand and the front door swung open. Charlotte walked straight into the living room and found Damon hanging there.
She stopped. Her stomach twisted in knots. "What did they do to you?" she asked. She walked over and checked the bonds on his wrist. She moved her hand to his cheek, lifting his head up so she could get a look at his face. He hadn't aged a day. She's forgotten the paleness of his blue eyes.
"Sister, nice of you to join us," Kol said from the doorway. Charlotte Ash threw a glare over her shoulder at him. "fractions catena, catena reserves" Charlotte chanted and the lock's around the vampire's wrists turned to dust. Charlotte Ash grabbed the vampire and lifted one of his arms around her shoulder's.
"Ash?" Damon was slurred.
"What are you doing, Little Ash?" Kol asked.
Elijah entered the room. "Charlotte, it's nice to see you again"
"It's such a pleasure to see you again that it breathes life back into my cold, dead corpse, Elijah," Charlotte said Sarcastically.
"The both of you can tell Nik, that I have a deal with Damon and if for some reason, Damon dies or get hurts, he will be the one interfering in my business," Charlotte said. "Apart from that, you can kill and torture whoever the bloody hell you like, good day to you good, sirs"
Charlotte went to leave, taking Damon with her but Elijah stopped her. "Elijah, move" She demanded, her voice low and cold. Elijah hesitated but moved out of her way.
"Niklaus went to check out that Church you left stained red" Kol informed. "Stick around, Sis, with you here things might get interesting"
"I have an actual family to save," Charlotte Ash said. "If Noah breaks because of Nik and what he did. I will kill him. I will syphon the vampire curse that was placed on him and I'll kill him"
Then using her vampire speed, she took Damon to her car placing his in the back seats before she got in herself and drove off.
It took a while for Charlotte Ash to find the Salvatore Boarding house. She got lost more times then she would have liked to admit, but she pulled up the Mustang outside of the house. There were a few details that had changed but not much. Charlotte got out of the car, she grabbed Damon and brought him the house, he was still injured. She ignored the worried and confused stairs of the inhibitors.
"Who are you?" A human demanded. Charlotte Ash looked up and every instinct was telling her to attack. Telling her to kill.
"Any mortal's in the room should probably leave" Charlotte found her self-saying. "I won't be held responsible in any case of draining your blood and killing you"
Charlotte Ash moved around the back of the sofa and helped herself to a bottle of bourbon. "Ash?" Stephan asked.
"I still don't like you," Charlotte said flatly.
"I thought you were dead," Stephan said ignoring her previous statement. "Why did you save, Damon?"
Charlotte shrugged. "Katherine asked me to, pretty simple really" She took another gulp of the bourbon. "I'm going to leave"
A girl that looked scarily like Katherine stepped towards Charlotte. "Your not even going to wait till he wakes up?" Elena demanded hands on her hips like she didn't hear the warning Charlotte had previously stated. You can't say she didn't warn her. In a blink, Charlotte had Elena against the wall and her teeth buried in her neck.
"Motus!" The Bennett Witch yelled. Charlotte didn't even look at her as she lifted a hand, and syphoned the spell before it hit her not even stopping as she continued to drink Elena's blood.
Stephan grabbed her and pulled her way. Charlotte Ash grinned as she stumbled back a few steps almost drunkenly. "Can't say I did not warn her, Mate. See you around, my brother might be right. Things might get interesting if I stick around"
and just like that, she was gone. Leaving them all curious as to what she was and who she was. They knew most of their questions would be answered by Damon when he woke up.
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