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Chapter Four
It's so warm at late night almost dawn. Caitlin just gets off from her shift at the hospital. Her days are always tiring with her double works in Mystic Falls local hospital and Augustine laboratory. Greg only helps when it is needed to get Damon in and out of the cell. But most of the time, he's too busy to contact with.
"Ow," she feels like her right foot steps on thick and sticky liquid. "What is-" she turns on the light and her eyes go wide as she finds blood stain on the floor. She bends down to check what blood that is. "Human blood." It shocks her more to find that the blood stain makes a trace all over her apartment floor.
Caitlin tries to stand up and walks although one of her feet is blood stained. She takes a gun out of her purse and follows the trace of the blood stain. The blood stain leads her to her room. The door is already open so she nudges it a little with her arm.
"No!" she gasps and is completely shocked that her hand closes her mouth. She wants to look away from the dead body on her bed but she has to check the dead woman. She's sure that it must have been done by some vampire by looking at the wound marks. The bite marks look so careless as if intentionally to hurt the victim even worse. She hurriedly calls her uncle to help her with the dead body. This absolutely makes her wonder more than scared as to why and who did this to her.
The following days, Caitlin finds one different body in different part of her apartment. It's been going on for three days and no evidence can be found except blood and dead bodies. Greg is trying to find the vampire who did this but it won't be easy.
"Why don't you go home?" Damon asks Caitlin who's still working late in the lab. "It's almost dawn. You want to spend the night with me?"
Caitlin starts to think that the dead bodies left in her apartment in similar pattern day to day has something to do with Damon. She guesses that Damon must have some friends or family or people who are looking for him.
"Dead bodies found in my apartment for the past three days. I'm not in the mood to find another when I get there."
Damon clears his throat. "Are you telling or accusing me? I've been in this hell for too long to count. I miss the sun and you have no idea how much I miss fresh blood streaming down my throat and veins."
"It can't be meaningless." Caitlin and Damon have spent 17 days more and less. They get used to each other company. Damon isn't likely to lash out unless once in a while when something triggers the evil.
Damon snorts. "Someone wants you dead. And I'm surprised to know that there's someone who is eager to kill you more than me."
"Ha! Funny! Aren't you eager to win me back since you think I was your girl?" Caitlin turns her chair to face him.
Damon chuckles at her response. "I like when you're being a tease, Caitlin. That helps me a lot in this boredom. So you trust the visions that I've given to you."
"I'm taking my chances with your lies." Caitlin tries to hide that she actually believes him.
Damon just smirks and nods. "Okay, next time I'd give you some sex vision. You must be waiting for that one."
Caitlin grunts then takes a pen and throws it at him. Damon, with his vampire accuracy and speed, catches that pen that almost hit him. He winks at Caitlin and smiles proudly. "You have a better shot now. I'd teach you better if you let me. Mystic Falls is far more dangerous than you could only imagine. What made you think you'd stood a chance to help your uncle revive your legacy?"
Caitlin probably has spent more times with Damon than any other person in the town. Whatever Damon has told and shared with her, somehow, always get to her. He gets her to think.
"What do you get from getting yourself into all this mess? Don't you have a good life in the city where you have built your life at?"
That last line Damon utters makes Caitlin realize what her purpose to come home to Mystic Falls was. "Thank you for reminding me why I decided to come home. Talking to you can actually help sometimes."
Now Damon is the one who's confused at and wondering why she said that. His forehead is furrowed and his lips pout.
"I think I should go home. I'm so tired. I really need some sleep." Caitlin sighs. "I'll see you tomorrow Damon."
Damon suddenly gets up and as if forget about the cell that can burn his skin, he touches it. "Wait! Agh!" he takes his hands off the cell. "Caitlin!"
Caitlin turns back just to tell him. "Sorry Damon, I really need to rest. I'm not a vampire. We have tomorrow."
Caitlin has expected what she'd face when she gets to her apartment. She can't avoid it. She's ready with her gun on her hands as she gets inside. She follows the blood stain like before. This time it leads her to the living room.
"Who the hell are you?" she gasps not because of the dead body lying on the table but a man is sitting so relaxed on her couch. He looks up as she stares at him.
That man plays with a kitchen knife which is covered with blood. "Evening Caitlin Snow. We haven't properly met." He stands up. "You might want to put your gun down. It's not ethical doctor. My name is Lorenzo St. John. Sorry for all the mess. I just want one thing from you."
Caitlin listens to him only because she wants to know why he comes at her. She keeps her distance from him as he's getting close step by step.
"I'm not interested in killing you or hurting just one inch of you, unless you refuse to free my killing mate, Damon Salvatore. I knew you've held him captive. Just give him back to me or else next time whose blood scattering around this apartment would be yours."
Caitlin scoffs. "You can't scare me with your threat, Lorenzo. I'm capable enough to protect myself."
In a second Enzo grabs her and tackles the gun out of her hand. He holds her from behind. "Listen to me carefully, Caitlin. I want my mate back. It's been dull without him. I don't care if I have make it rain blood in Mystic Falls. I give you three days!" he's gone in a heartbeat and leaving Caitlin speechless.
