Episode 2 Chapter 3
Damon's POV
'Whether suicide or accident, wpkw news has lost one of its shinning stars. Field reporter and weekend anchor Andie Starr was discovered dead...' The TV reporter announced on the news as I began taking down the articles from my closet.
"Just can't stay away can you?" I asked not bothering turning around. I already knew it was Elena.
"You've been dodging my calls." She said accusingly to me as she stepped in my line of view.
"Yeah a busy day. Dead fake girlfriend and all." I said with no emotion at all, Continuing ripping down the articles.
"Why didn't you tell me?" She tried to say in a caring voice.
"Happy Birthday, Elena! Stefan killed Andie. Cake?" I told her sarcastically then brushed past her with all the papers in my hand.
"He called me Damon." She sighed still standing by the closet.
"What?" He looked back at her confused. She sighed and then turned around.
"Stefan called me last night."
"Well what did he say?" I asked her curiously.
"He didn't say anything but it was him. I asked Sheriff Forbes if she can trace the calls origin." She said as I perked up in interest."It came from Tennessee."
"Where he is binge drinking on the country folk." I replied and walked over to the fire place, "We went through this Elena. Stefan is gone and I didn't mean geographically." I smirked at her then threw the papers in and grabbed the box of matches.
"If he was gone he wouldn't have called." She told me before she walked out of my room.
I lit the match and threw it in the fire place where the papers caught on fire.
Alexandria's POV
-Smoky Mountains, Tennessee-
"You okay?" I asked Stefan as he carried an unconscious Ray on his shoulders. We have been walking for a long time and Klaus made him carry Ray the whole way.
"Is Ray getting heavy?" Klaus finally asked Stefan, with him still walking in front of us.
"I'm fine." Stefan replied to both Klaus and me.
"You sure about that? We have been walking for quite some time now. If you need some water or a little sit down." Klaus teased Stefan while smirking. This whole trip Klaus has been getting on my nerves and egging Stefan on.
"You know I get that we are stuck together. But maybe we can skip the chit chat that would be great." Stefan said finally speaking both his and my mind. I continued to walk beside Stefan and Klaus, with my arms crossed over my chest. The ironic thing was that all three of us where wearing something black. Black shirt, black pants, black jacket, and black shoes.
"So much brooding. Yourself loathing is suffocating us my friend." Klaus said with a blank look on his face. Looking for the exact place where the pack should be located.
"You know it might be that fact that we have been tracking werewolves all summer." I murmured catching both men off guard. Both thinking so damn hard, they forgot I was here.
'Fuckers' I thought harshly.
"Well thanks to our friend Ray we found ourselves a pack." Klaus said as we stepped through the brush and into a clearing full of people or should I say some humans and werewolves.
We paused, looking around analyzing everything. Counting the numbers of people that were in the clearing then finally catching the attention of the group. The men began to stand up trying to protect the woman and their territory.
Stefan continued to walk forward while Klaus and I stood back. He dropped Ray onto the ground and a woman came forth and ran towards him.
"Ray! Oh my god." She said as she squatted down by his head lifting it up slightly. People began whispering
'Oh my god'
'Who is that?'
'What are they?'
"The important question is, who am I?" Klaus said walking up to stand beside Stefan. Taking a stance that said 'Dangerous'
"Please forgive the intrusion, my name Is Klaus." He said smirking at the woman and man, which were clearly scared of us.
"You're the hybrid."The woman stated as the man beside her pulled her up and stood in front of her.
"You've heard of him. Fantastic." I smirked finally stepping beside Stefan, where he pulled me into his side.
"Fascinating actually. A were wolf who isn't beholden to the moon. A vampire who doesn't burn in the sun. A true hybrid." Klaus told the woman and man while sitting down on a log beside Stefan and me.
Suddenly Ray woke up with a gasp of air, his body arching from the ground.
"You have excellent timing Ray," Klaus stated as Ray continued to gasp on the floor, Very dramatic."
"What is happening to me?" Ray gasped on the floor while looking around.
"Alexandria?" Klaus motioned for me. I smirked then stood up from Stefan.
"Are any of you human," I spoke out loudly, so the whole camp could hear me "you're friend here needs human blood to complete his transition to vampire. If he doesn't get it. He will die."
"It won't take much. Just a sip. Anyone," Klaus said standing up from the log, "A boyfriend, or a girlfriend along for the ride."
"You will do." He said as he stopped in front of the man with blond hair and blue eyes. He bit his forearm and threw him to Stefan where he held him down to the ground. The woman beside him shouted out but Klaus stopped her from going any further.
"You don't drink it, Ray. Stefan will. The problem is. He doesn't know how to stop." I told him walking around him in a complete circle.
Ray attached his mouth onto the man's wound on his forearm and began to suck. I looked down at Stefan a winked at which he smirked.
-Time skip-
"There good as new. Now you relax now mate were going to need you when the rest wake up." Klaus said after he finished feeding the man with blond hair his blood.
"They're dead. They're all dead." Ray whimpered as he continued to shake as blood tears began to slide down from his eyes.
"So this is your master plan. A plan to build an army of hybrid slaves." Stefan said sarcastically as he held me and leaned against a tree.
"No not slaves. Soldiers or Comrades." Klaus retorted standing beside Ray.
"For what war might I ask?" I spoke up from my comfortable position.
"You build an army so big. No one will ever pick a fight." Klaus replied looking down at Ray.
"What makes you so sure they will be loyal?" Stefan asked from behind me, I looked up at him to see him staring intently at Klaus.
"It's not hard to be loyal when you're on the winning team." Klaus smirked at Stefan, "That's something you'll learn when you shake that horrible depressing chip off your shoulder."
Stefan laughed loudly, "That's why you're keeping me around to witness my attitude adjustment."
"You'll know why I'm keeping you around when I've decided that I want you to know." He told Stefan as he began to examine Ray. His condition wasn't getting any better. He was spitting out blood, his eyes had blood underneath them.
"Something's wrong," I said as I pushed away from Stefan and walked over to Ray. I lifted his face towards mine. He was absolutely horrible. Blood everywhere on his face
"Huh that shouldn't be happening. Now should it?" I asked Klaus worriedly, looking at him and looked back at Stefan.
"Well obviously." Klaus said back looking thoroughly pissed off.
Damon's POV
"Get out of the water Elena." I said leaning against the tree starting to get really annoyed.
"If I get out of the water you're going to make me go home." She said back at me. She was a smart girl because that's what I was exactly going to do.
"Yeah because I'm not an idiot. Like you." I said back at her.
"Right now. You're both acting like idiots." Alaric said from behind me somewhere. I really didn't care to look.
"You gave up on him, Damon." She murmured quietly.
"I didn't give up on him Elena. I faced reality. Now get out of the water." I told her now getting pissed off.
"No!" She yelled at me. I had enough with her little games.
"What's your big plan Elena? Huh? You going to walk though a camp full of werewolves. Roast a marshmallow and wait for Stefan to stop by." I yelled at her as I stomped through the water to stand right in front of her.
"My plan is to help him. Damon this is the closest we've been to him since he left. I'm not going home." She tried to reason with me. She was tough but I wasn't going to risk her life for my brother.
"Klaus thinks you died. When he broke the curse. That makes you safe. This," I swung my arms around, "Doesn't make you safe."
"I'm not leaving before we find him." She yelled back.
"It's a full moon tonight Elena." I said back to her. I am not to live though that hell again. It hurt enough the first time.
"Then we'll find him before then," She said as we stood in the middle of the lake, "Damon please?"
"Okay. Okay then we are out of there before the moon is full and I'm wolf bait." I said pissed off and wet.
"I promise." She whispered to me with a smile on her face.
"Unless you want to relive that whole death bed kissy thing again." I said sarcastically, shuddering as I remembered everything that happened.
"I said I promise." She said back at me and began to walk out of the lake. Shit that girl irritates me
Alexandria's POV
"You said it was going to feel better. Why doesn't it feel better?" Ray said as he continued to whimper and shudder.
We all looked at Klaus as he crossed his arms and thought about it.
"Some master race." I said sarcastically while smirking.
"Lose the attitude, Alexandria." Klaus said to me just as wannabe hybrid #2 woke up.
"Derek come feed your girlfriend." Klaus said emotionless and pulled up the blond dude.
Just then Ray stood up quickly and ran. He hoped over the stone cliff and ran into the forest. Stefan and I turned around to look at Klaus shocked obvious on our faces.
"Well go get him." Klaus told us as he held Derek in place. He gave us a warning look and turned his attention to Derek. Stefan and I looked at each other and took off after Ray.
Ray flipped and landed on his feet just as Stefan and I tackled him. He quickly turned on us and bit me on the arm. I yelled in pain as he took off running again. Stefan grabbed me before I fell onto the floor in pain. I grabbed my arm and looked at Stefan, silent tears sliding down my face... I screamed out in pain and went to go take off after him again when I heard voices. I looked at Stefan to see him trying to listen in on their conversation.
(Damon, Elena,Rick)
'How you doing?'
'Fine'
'You know I can help you'
'No thanks'
'Well I'm real –whoosh-'
'Yeah well with my luck you'll drop me'
'What are you guys 12?'
We heard then Stefan turned around and looked toward the voices. Two men and a woman where walking across of a meadow. By the sounds of it, it sounded like Elena Gilbert.
"Where did he go?" A deep voice said. We both turned around to see Klaus looking pissed off. I guess he didn't like that we were both just standing there.
"Yeah. He got away. Forget him. Let's go." I said as I rushed passed Stefan but I got stopped before I could pass Klaus. He grabbed my arm and I hissed in pain. The bite.
"Fatal Werewolf bite. Ouch."Klaus said as he smirked.
"Yeah. I'm gonna need you blood to heal me." I said to him looking up at him. He just stared down at me.
"Well I'll tell you what. You guys find Ray and then I'll heal you." He said while staring at me and Stefan. I looked at Stefan with a pleading look on my face.
Stefan scoffed, "You can't be serious."
"You better hurry. That bite looks nasty." Klaus said through his teeth as he squeezed my arm. I yelped in pain before he let go and walked away.
Damon's POV
"We've got about a mile left." Rick said as we continued to walk in the forest.
"The suns about to set." I stated as I looked into the sky. I obviously didn't want to be here, but no little miss I got to save my brother here won't let us go home.
"I can see that Damon." Elena told me as she trudged her way through the brush.
"Just saying." I told her. Fuck I don't wanna get bit again, bitch that I love, I thought sarcastically.
"The moon doesn't reach its place for awhile. We have time." She said back stubbornly as we kept walking. I shrugged my shoulders. Obviously she isn't going to give up just yet.
It suddenly felt off. I looked at Rick and it seemed like he was trying to concentrate on something. Elena looked scared and then all of a sudden a twig snapped. Rick raised his arrow gun towards the noise.
A man came stumbling out of the bushes. He was covered in blood. Elena stepped back looking scared.
"Stay where you are." Rick told the guy while keeping his gun raised. The guy sniffed and looked at us weirdly. Elena was still confused while I was trying to figure out what this person or thing was.
"Vampire." He stated as he stared directly at me. I moved my head to the side to show that he was right. He rushed towards me but I grabbed him by the shoulders and kept his face away from me. He slammed me against a tree and snarled at me ting to take a snap at me. I struggled to keep him away as Rick shot him with an arrow. That didn't faze him at all.
"Damon!" Elena shouted at me as she threw something towards me. I grabbed it at threw it at the guys face where it busted.
The guy fell onto the floor where he screamed in pain as his face burned. He started to get up but I kicked him. He flipped but landed on his face. I looked at my hands and shook them. They had blood all over them.
"Let me guess; Hybrid." Rick said as we stared at the guy on the floor. I just looked at him and nodded.
-Time skip-
Rick had tied the guy to a tree with ropes and chains. The ropes were soaked in wolfs bane and vervain.
"These ropes aren't going to hold him much longer. What else do we have?" I stated as I continued to stare at the fucker that almost tried to kill me.
"Rick here take these." I heard Elena say and I reached behind me to get hold of them.
Right as I touched the ropes I dropped them. I whimpered in pain. Those ropes were soaked in fucking vervain, I thought loudly to myself.
"I said Rick" Elena said as she shrugged her shoulders, and then handed them to Rick.
"Alright, that's the last of the vervain and we don't have that much stuff to hold him," Rick stated after he finished tying the ropes, "I don't think we're going to make it to that ridge before the full moon."
"If we can get him to talk. We don't have to."Elena said as she walked closer to that thing. She touched his face lightly when he woke up with a gasp. Elena jumped back in shock. His neck snapped in a weird was. Then his neck snapped again in the other direction.
"Is he turning?" I asked looking incredulous. I didn't think they could turn without the moon.
"That's impossible. It's still daylight." Elena said while glancing at the sky.
"Well tell him that." Rick said as the hybrid's neck kept snapping and him yelling out.
I grabbed him by the neck trying to keep him from escaping.
"Werewolves aren't supposed to be out here until the moon is full." Elena said sounding frustrated.
"You know those ropes aren't going to hold a wolf." Rick stated from the side of me. The thing kept yelling in pain and then suddenly he began growling.
"Damon we got to get out of here," Elena yelled as she pushed me, "We got to get out of these mountains now. Damon now!"
Then I pushed away from the thing and we ran like hell out of there. I had to get Elena out of here. Before we all get eaten or killed.
Klaus' POV
"Bad news my friend. End of the road for you." I told Derek as I ripped his throat out then threw him to the floor
The wannabe hybrids were all swarming me. The woman from earlier today came up to me slowly.
"Careful love, there's only one Alpha here." I told her before all the others started to get closer.
"Bloody Hell." I stated before I got ready to kill all my children.
Damon's POV
I walked in the forest trying to figure out where the wolf went when all of a sudden the wolf attacks me and pushes me on the floor.
I jump back up and punch him in the face. He swings back at me but I duck down before he can touch me. He continues to take swings at me until I tackle him onto the forest ground. He kicks me off of him and tries to snap at me but I have him at a distance. He keeps struggling to get me but I push harder. Suddenly he drops to the ground. I look up to see Stefan standing there holding Ray's heart in his hand.
"Fancy meeting you here." I tell him trying to catch my breath as I stare at the now dead guy on the floor.
"What part of don't follow me. Got lost in translation, Damon." Stefan told me as he looked at the now dead wolf on the floor.
"Might want to take it up with your girlfriend. If you don't want her chasing you, I'd stop with the late night phone calls." I retorted back at him. We both kept glancing at the body.
"I didn't call her."Stefan said while looking at me intently. I looked back at him.
"Sure you didn't" I told him sarcastically, "She's not going to give up on you."
"Well she has to." I heard a woman say as she stepped out of the bushes. She looked beautiful and familiar but there was something off about her. She smelled like I did when I got bit by a werewolf.
"Because I'm never coming back," Stefan finished for her, "So why don't you get her home. See if you can keep her there this time."
I nodded at him and began walking back to Rick's truck. I saw the car as I walked closer. Elena got out of the truck and walk towards me.
"Are you okay?" She asked as she ran up to me, "Did you-"
"I'm fine. Bite free. Get back in the car please." I told her. As I pushed her back towards Ricks truck.
"Can't you give me a minute to appreciate the fact that you're not dead?" She smiled at me.
"I'll give you ten seconds," I told her as I tried pushing her back to Rick's truck, "9...8… Hey Rick, You happened to see where I parked my car?" I asked Rick as he pushed off of the truck.
Alexandria's POV
"Stop being so much of a cave man." Elena told him as she got back inside of the truck.
"You know you're just hurting yourself even more." I told Stefan as he watched Elena get into the truck.
"I just wanted to see her for one last time." Stefan told me as he continued to stare at the truck.
"Sure you did, Stefan." I told him sarcastically. I knew he still loved her it was that obvious. The longing look in his eyes as he looked at her.
"Come on. We need to get you better." Stefan said as he pulled me into his arms as we headed back to Klaus.
