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Chapter 2: Mystery Savior

"Urghhhhh."

Elena paused, looking around her, trying to make out her surroundings. Her vision was blurry, and when she tried to lift her head, she found that she couldn't. Elena finally managed to blink open her eyes and clear her vision. Her head felt so heavy that it took all of the remaining energy that she had to pick it up and look out of the front window of the car. She moaned as all she saw was a mass of trees. Elena hesitated for a moment, trying to remember where she was. And then, all of a sudden, all of the memories came back in a complete rush. Talking with Caroline, the phone call with Damon, the howls, the following… Elena closed her eyes, trying to convince herself that it was a dream, and it had never happened, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't. It had happened. All of it was real.

Elena twisted her head, trying to see out of the side window of the car, but her neck felt locked in place, as though she had been pinned down by black magic all of a sudden. Elena groaned, kicking her feet, but knowing that it was helpless for trying to get anywhere. After a moment, she wrenched her head to the side to see how far away her phone was, and let out a pathetic wail as she realized it was too far away for her to reach.

Elena closed her eyes, feeling tears begin well in the corners of them, once again blurring her vision. Weakly, Elena lifted a shaking right hand that seemed to find the strength to move up to her eye. She brushed away her tears when the next moment she heard a tapping sound on the window.

For a moment, Elena was in shock, unable to believe that someone was actually… there. Who was actually going to be able to find her at this hour of the night? Although, in truth, Elena didn't even know how late it was. She closed her eyes, reaching for the door, but found herself barely able to move her hand. Weakly, she tried again, but eventually her hand just dropped, tingling and numb.

"Please help…" Elena called, but her voice sounded unique to her. It sounded hoarse and husky, although she was being possessed by someone that wasn't her. "I can't…"

The next moment, the tapping came again. Elena tried to reach out to the door, but once again, found that she couldn't. The next moment, as if on cue and as if someone was there to save Elena, she heard a shattering sound from the back of the car. Elena let out a scream and cry, holding in her breath, but the next moment felt a cool, calming hand on her arm.

"Shhh…" the voice said. "It's okay. I'm here."

Elena struggled to turn around to see who it was, but found that she couldn't.

"Don't try to move," the girl said, then moving herself in position so that Elena could see her. Elena didn't recognize her, but she had long, beautiful brunette waves. She looked like she was Elena's age, maybe a year or two younger, and she had piercing green eyes that burned like emeralds in the night. "You don't want to hurt yourself more."

The girl took her hand and placed it into the glove compartment, moving her hand around until she found a flashlight, and she flicked it on. The girl shined it on Elena's face.

"How is this?" she asked.

Elena looked at her, blinking against the light. The girl was much tinier than she'd seemed in the shadows, and she looked pure and angelic in the light. For a moment, Elena thought she was hallucinating and didn't believe the girl was real.

"What's going to happen to me?" Elena mumbled, noticing blood that was dripping down the side of her leg.

"You're going to be okay," the girl replied gently, looking Elena in the eyes. "Do you feel okay? Can you hear me okay?"

Elena gave a feeble nod.

The next moment, she took her hands and moved them away from Elena's and up to her neck. Elena tensed, wondering what the girl was going to do to her, and she recoiled, kicking her leg out to try and stop the girl.

"Ow!" the girl cried, grabbing her stomach as Elena made contact with it.

"What're you doing?" Elena asked trembling.

"You—you have a necklace," the girl said. "You know…"

The girl wrapped her hand around the necklace, sending a shiver down Elena's spine. "Please don't hurt me," Elena whispered.

The girl didn't reply. Instead, she gave a Elena a curious look, fingering the necklace. After a moment, she made eye contact with Elena.

"You need blood," she said quickly. "Your—your head is bleeding. You may have a concussion, and—and God only knows what else."

Fleetingly, the girl put her wrist to her mouth, took a bite out of it and put it up to Elena's mouth. Instinctively, Elena swallowed the blood that came dripping into her mouth. She was immediately overwhelmed with a wholesome feeling, and she felt a rush of calm wind blow over her. She began to feel her body rejuvenating and all at once, she grabbed onto the girl's wrist, biting into it as hard as she could, trying to get as much blood as she had the time for.

When Elena had had her share, she backed away, and the girl looked at Elena for a moment. She gave a brief nod of relief and then moved away.

"Lean back," she told Elena gently. "I won't compel you. Just please do it."

Elena did as she was told, almost scared of who the girl was. "Who are you?"

The girl didn't respond. Instead, she sped out of the car. Elena heard a shattering of glass and knew that the girl had somehow managed to rush out, squeezing herself through the window. Elena let out a tiny wail, a feeling of loss and desperation and she quickly fumbled around, trying to find her phone. She needed Damon. Why hadn't he called yet? After a moment, she found it.

Her fingers were trembling as she picked it up. She tapped the home button, hoping that Damon would have maybe called, even left a message, but there was nothing.

Elena felt herself trembling, and she closed her eyes, hoping that the pain would go away. She could feel it coming back, and she could feel herself going numb.

It was too much. Elena felt her phone drop to the floor of her car with a thud and without putting any more effort in, she shut her eyes, hoping that when she finally woke up, she'd be in a better place with Damon's arms wrapped tightly around her waist.

Fellow readers, I am sorry for the short chapter! But I thought that it was necessary to do so. The chapters start to get longer as the book goes on. Sorry about the opening short ones!

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