Damon's Night
Episode 2
I needed to feast. Tomorrow night is the comet. My plan would be in motion soon. I need all the strength I can get in the coming days. I must be strong for her. Who knows how weak she will be when I get her out of that tomb. I will take care of her until she is strong and back to her sexy self.
I left the grill and headed out into the woods. Knowing there is always a tasty morsel around if you look for it. I see an owl in the distance. Be careful little woodland creatures, Stefan is near, I think to myself with a smirk.
I can smell their arousal from here as I approach the campsite. The sounds of heavy petting coming from inside the small tent. I step loudly on a branch.
The female voice call out, "Hey. Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" answers the male, breaking from their kiss.
"I heard thunder." Thunder? I broke a branch? Human hearing is ridiculous.
"There's no thunder."
"Are you sure? Because if it rains, then we won't be able to see the comet." Don't they know it's a day too early for the comet. Learn how to read a star chart.
"It's not going to rain. Listen, I…got you a little something. It's back in the car. Don't you move," he says as he unzips and leaves the tent.
"Stay dry."
"It's not gonna rain," he calls back to her.
As he approaches the car, I grab him silently and tear his throat out. Enjoying the feel of his warm liquid pouring down my throat. This is for you Katherine, I think to myself. After drinking a good amount of his blood, I decide to have some fun. So, she thinks it might rain, I'll give her rain. I toss the man's body up in the air as if it was as light as a pillow. The body is hanging on the branch right above the tent. His blood slowly starts to drip down onto the tent.
Drip. Drip. Drip.
"I knew it!" The girl exits the tent. "I told you it was gonna rain!" She starts to look around after feeling no rain. I know she can hear the dripping sound. She slowly turns and looks up.
She lets out a giant scream as she runs toward her car. I laugh as I see her struggle to open the locked vehicle.
"Open! No! Please!"
Just for kicks I hit the unlock button on the man's keys. The car beeps open. The girl is looking around nervously, trying to figure out where I am. I drop on her from above just as she lets out another terrified scream.
Day of the comet, the boarding house
Stefan's at school. Probably making googley eyes at Elena. I roll my own eyes at the thought. I pour a glass of bourbon. Tonight can't come soon enough.
I hear her approach. She's coming here? Are her and Stefan that close already? Argh… I didn't even vacuum the carpets today.
She goes to knock but the door is open. Damn it. Now I can't even pretend I'm not home. Are you scared of this girl, Salvatore? Well, if she's here, I might as well have some fun.
Elena enters the house quietly. "Stefan? Stefan?"
My crow enters the house behind her. Elena quickly turns around and I'm right behind her. She's so close. I haven't been this close to her since that first night. I cock my head to the side and look at her.
"I…I'm sorry for barging in. The door was…open." As she looks at the door she can see it's firmly shut behind her. She has a puzzled look on her face. Good. Start to question reality.
"You must be Elena. I'm Damon, Stefan's brother."
Elena looks at him strangely, "He didn't tell me he had a brother."
"Well, Stefan's not one to brag." I flash my cockeyed smile. "Please, come. I'm sure Stefan will be along any second." I lead her into the parlor.
"Wow. This is your living room?" She gazes around looking far too impressed.
"Living room, parlor, Sotheby's auction. It's a little kitschy for my taste."
I look sideways at Elena, breathing her scent in. "I see why my brother's so smitten." She smiles back at me. "It's about time. For a while there, I never thought he'd get over the last one. Nearly destroyed him." I see the doubt I just planted in her eyes. Good. Maybe she will stay away from him.
"The last one?"
"Yeah, Katherine, his girlfriend?" I feel a foul taste in my mouth as I combine those words in reference to Stefan. Katherine is mine, never his. "Oh, you two haven't had the awkward exes conversation yet."
"Nope."
"Oops. Well, I'm sure it will come up now. Or maybe he didn't want to tell you because he didn't want you to think he was on the rebound. We all know how those relationships end."
Elena looks at me questioningly, "You say that like every relationship is doomed to end."
Maybe not everyone, not Katherine and I. You on the other hand will die, possibly by my brothers own hand. The thought of this soundly makes me angry.
"I'm a fatalist." I hear him come in, watching us closely. "Hello, Stefan."
"Elena. I didn't know you were coming over," Stefan says in his most deadpan voice. Way to put some feeling out there bro.
Elena turns to him, smiles, "I know, I should have called, I just…" I can tell Elena is taken aback from the way that Stefan doesn't even look at her.
"Oh, don't be silly. You're welcome any time. Isn't she Stefan?" Stefan doesn't take his eyes off of me. I feel the hatred emanating strong. Hmm…I'm not even going to have to try to come between these two. Silly Stefan will ruin this all on his own. Brood away little brother. "You know, I should break out the family photo albums or some home movies. But..." turning to Elena and smiling, "I have to warn you. He wasn't always such a looker." I wink to her, causing her to smile back.
Deadpan Stefan responds, "Thank you for stopping by Elena. Nice to see you."
Elena, who notices the tension from Stefan as she looks around. "Yeah, I should probably go." She turns to me, "It was nice to meet you, Damon."
I grab her hand and kiss it, "Great meeting you, too, Elena."
I can see Elena trying to leave, as Stefan stands in her way awkwardly staring at me. I just smile back in a friendly manner.
"Stefan….Stefan?" Elena calls, trying to get his attention so she can pass.
Without acknowledging her he simply steps to the side. I can see in her expression that she's not quite sure what just happened. As I watch her leave, I turn back to Stefan. "Great gal. Whoo. She's got spunk. You, on the other hand, look pooped." I walk over to the bar to grab a drink. "Did you over-exert yourself today? Let me guess… hospital?"
"Someone had to clean up your mess."
I smile at his answer. "Well, were you successful? Did the powers of persuasion work? Remember, if you don't feed properly, none of those little tricks work right." I grin at him as I down my drink.
Stefan looks at me bitterly, "How long was Elena here?"
I smirk back at him, enjoying the feel of rubbing this in his face. "Were you worried, Stefan? Scared we may be doomed to repeat the past? Isn't that why you play your little game, 'I'm a high school human'?" Let him have Elena. She won't want him anyways. Katherine is my goal. Elena will keep him nice and distracted.
"I'm not playing any game."
"Of course you are." I get right next to Stefan and whisper in his ear, "We both know the closest you'll ever get to humanity is when you rip it open and feed on it."
Stefan flashes me a look of disgust and moves away. "What kind of game are you playing, Damon?"
"Guess you'll just have to wait and see, won't you?" With that I flash him one more grin and walk out the door. Leave him guessing as to my plan. It all starts tonight.
Mystic Falls Town Square
I told myself I was going to get a drink and wait. I can't help but follow her. She's trying so hard to be happy, I know she isn't. She's hanging out with that Bonnie girl again, handing out programs for tonight's comet. Hmm.. Maybe I should let the town know what this comet will really bring. Might give them another reason to celebrate.
Oh, god. They're talking about my brother. Really? Still? My anger grows as I hear them talk. Barbie just noticed me. Crap. I'm too pissed to see her now. Better make myself scarce. Plus, it will leave her wanting more.
Mystic Grill
Finally…a drink. I'm sitting at the bar enjoying my bourbon when little miss high as a kite comes over. Giant bandage still on her neck. I really did a number on her.
"I know you."
"Well, that's unfortunate." Looks like Stefan's bunny mix just doesn't have the juju.
She starts walking up to me, "Um…I don't know how, but…your face." I flash a grin at her. She really would be kind of cute if she didn't have that constant drug haze going on. A flash of fear enters her eyes, she starts to back away. "Excuse me. Sorry."
I see her head off to the bathroom. Maybe I can have some fun tonight while I wait. I silently sneak into the bathroom behind her. She's popping more pills. Man, I might regret this. She looks up and sees me just as I attack her from behind.
She faints before I can do any real damage. That's good. I really didn't need to secondary high tonight. I pick her up over my shoulder and whisk her up to the roof faster than anyone can see. Now to wait for Stefan.
It takes about 15 minutes for her to come to. Too much drugs sweetheart. Seems like she woke up just in time though. I can hear Stefan below speaking with High-as-a-Kite's brother.
"Hey, I saw you at the hospital yesterday." The brother asks with accusation in his voice. How sweet. Quarterback thinks he can intimidate my brother.
"Did you?" Stefan asks questioningly.
"What were you doing there?" Oh, Quarterback is smarter than I give him credit for. Stefan's going to blow his cover wide open in this town. All for that silly girl.
"Visiting."
"Visiting? You know, Elena and I, we've know each other a long time. We might not be together right now, but I look out for her. And I'll always look out for her."
I'm bored with this conversation. I start dangling Ms. Druggie off the edge of the roof. She's starting to shriek. I know it's too far away for quarterback to hear, but I know Stefan will come running.
"You really have to stop screaming." She's starting to get on my nerves now.
"No, please, stop. Don't…"
"Shhh…" I whisper into her ear. "I got you."
"Excuse me," Stefan says to quarterback and I can see him heading my way. It's about time.
"No! No!"
"Shh, I'm not gonna drop you."
Stefan leaps onto the roof, a little rough, but not bad. "Not bad. Have you been eating bunnies?" Hippity-Hop, Stefan.
"Let her go."
"Shh. Really?" I smile at him. "Ok." I pull her right to the edge of the roof. She starts to wobble.
"No!" she screams.
"No, No, No!" Stefan starts yelling too. Does he even know this girl. Get a grip. I throw her on the ground near Stefan.
"Ugh! Relax."
"What's happening?" She starts to panic.
I slyly say, "I don't need her to be dead, but…you might." Stefan looks inquiringly at me. I turn to Druggykins, "What attacked you last night?"
"I don't know. An animal." Wow, that was a weak compulsion. Even she doesn't believe that.
"Are you sure about that? Think. Think about it. Think really hard." I kneel down next to her. "What attacked you?"
A clarity comes to her eyes out of her haze, "A vampire." She says with absolute certainty.
"Who did this to you?"
"You did!" she screams back at me.
"Wrong!"
"Don't," calls Stefan.
"It was Stefan," I say to her calmly.
"Don't," Stefan's voice starts to panic.
"Come here." I grab her and look her right in the eyes. "Stefan Salvatore did this to you."
"Stefan Salvatore did this to me," she repeats, in almost the same haze that she says everything.
"He is a vampire. A vicious, murderous monster."
"Please, Damon. Please don't do this," wow, he's really freaking out now.
I look over at him, "If you couldn't fix it before, I don't know what you can do now." I tear the bandage off of her neck and toss her at Stefan. Her open wound is right next to Stefan's mouth. I see him struggling with the bloodlust. Oh, little bro, why did you never learn control?
"Aah!" the girl screams in his arms.
Fed up with his indecision, "Ugh! Your choice of lifestyle has made you weak. A couple of vampire parlor tricks is nothing compared to the power than you could have, that you now need. But you can change that." Katherine and Elena are gone from my mind. All I can think of is my brother. Choose to be in the battle with me brother. Choose to walk this path that you have forced upon both of us. "Human blood can give you that."
Stefan tosses her to the ground. The brat is yelling again. I should have compelled her to be quiet.
"You have two choices. You can feed and make her forget. Or you can let her run, screaming "vampire" through the town square."
"Is that what this is about? You want to expose me?"
Where has he been? Doesn't he see that I'm trying to help him? "No! I want you to remember who you are!" What you are.
"Why? So what, so I'll feed? So I'll kill? So I'll remember what it's like to be brothers again? You know what, let her go. Let her tell everyone that vampires have returned to Mystic Falls. Let them chain me up, and let them drive a stake through my heart, because at least I'll be free of you."
"Huh. Huh." I shake my head. Buzz-kill-Bob is at it again. "Wow." You chose this life for us, not me. "Come here, sweetheart."
"No!"
"It's ok." I pull the girl to me and whisper into her ear, removing my compulsion and making sure she knows it was an animal that attacked her. She'll remember nothing of this night. Her manner relaxes as she starts to enjoy her high again.
"What happened? Where am I? Oh, I ripped my stitches open. Ugh…"
Stefan doesn't come any closer, his bloodlust is still lingering in his eyes, "You okay?
"I took some pills, man. I'm good." She gets up and heads off of the roof.
"It's good to be home. Think I might stay a while. This town could use a bit of a wake-up call, don't you think?" I flash my grin.
"What are you up to, Damon?" Wow. This boy knows one emotion, and its brooding. Maybe he should talk to Zoolander and help be his back up for Blue Steel.
"That's for me to know and for you to…dot dot dot. Give Elena my best." With that I leap from the roof.
I head back to the grill, looking for a bite. Barbie is just leaving. I think she'll do today. She's in a little yellow dress with big black boots. They don't even match. Oh I hate fads. She drops her keys. I use that to get right behind her.
"Oh…Whoa." She's shocked but obviously happy to see me.
"Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you." Ok, maybe I did.
"Not, it's fine. Um…I was hoping I'd see you again." Cute, she's trying to seduce me.
"I know." I respond with my grin. God, I won't even need compulsion with this girl. She's already eating out of my hand. I can't wait to eat out of her neck.
"Cocky much?"
"Very much." With that I get into her car with her and she starts to drive back to her place.
"I can't believe I'm seeing you again. No one believed me when I said how sexy you were. I can't wait to tell everyone tomorrow…" Ok, compulsion is needed. I quickly make her quiet as I'm not sure I could deal with her mile a minute talking. She was really nervous so I wouldn't be surprised if this was even more intense than normal. No wonder the other boys didn't want to go for her. I mean between her and Elena, Elena wins before the contest starts. Even that other girl seems to have a little maturity behind her.
We get to her house. Crap. I'm going to have to let her speak if she's going to let me inside.
"Damon, will you come in?" I compel her to say. Thank god it's not the full onslaught of her diatribe. She takes me to her bedroom and I quickly start to remove her clothing. She is built like a Barbie isn't she. This is obviously not her first time and seems to being handling herself just fine. She starts tearing off my clothes as well.
I start kissing down her stomach as she starts making the most delightful moaning sounds. I can't wait, I'm too hungry. I release my fangs and bite into her neck. Her screams of shock are quickly replaced by her moans of pleasure.
See brother, there is more than one way to feed.