Chapter 3- Take It On The Run
You take it on the run baby
If that's the way you want it baby
Then I don't want you around
I don't believe it
Not for a minute
You're under the gun so you take it on the run
'Stefan! Who was that?' Elena screams as she runs over to him to make sure he's okay. 'It was Brooke.'
'So I was right she is a vampire!' Caroline breathes. 'No she's not...She's a hunter.'
'A hunter? What like a slayer?' Stefan nods as he gets up off the ground. 'Stefan.. is she going to kill us?' Caroline asks. 'She doesn't want to.. you should of seen her, she's incredibly strong, stronger then me.'
'So what do we do kill her before she kills you guys?' Bonnie asks looking wide eyed as Stefan. 'No we can't kill her.. do you have any idea how much better it would be to have her on our side? Against the originals, she may have useful information. We have to find her!'
'Stefan I think we should let her calm down, I don't want to lose you. Let's just go back to the dance and then come up with a plan.' Elena says and the others agree heading back to the auditorium.
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Brooke's running through the forest, running for her life, if Stefan was a vampire god knows who else would be one also. She was scared and alone in a new town and the people she had gotten to know turn out to be the people she would have to kill. Or would she have to kill them? What if they were good monsters? Her feet were hurting so she kicked off her shoes and continued to run until she reached the edge of the cliff. Her mask was still on but her dress was torn and her feet were grubby and the tears were spilling down her cheeks. 'Miss.. are you okay?'
'Damon?'
'Brooke..What happened?' He eyed her up and down. She was panting and her dress was revealing too much of her thigh. Damon felt his pants get tighter as he was staring at her, she walked over to him and pushed him against a tree. 'Tell me Damon...Are you a good guy?'
'I'm the best guy Brooke..' She placed her hand on his groin and felt his hardness growing, she wasn't sure if it was the adrenaline from the running or the fact that now the others knew what she was she would probably have to run again. 'Do you want me Damon?'
'I want all of you Brooke, I've been watching you from afar and I have to say for some reason you fascinate me.' Brooke giggles as she walks away from him. 'I have an idea.. lets play a little game..' Brooke starts as she slowly undoes her dress revealing a black lacy corset and matching panties. 'What kind of game exactly?'
'I'll let you do whatever you want to me on one condition.'
'What's the condition?'
'You have to catch me!' Brooke starts to run as Damon rolls his eyes. He knows that this will be too easy as his vampire speed would allow him to catch up with her in a second. To make it fair he leaves it 5 minutes before he sets off. He can smell her scent filling up his nostrils as he passes the ripped corset laying on the ground. He keeps moving and spots the lacy panties hooked onto a tree branch, he's been running for 20 minutes where is she? He thought. He made it to the edge of the lake and that's when he spotted her. Brooke was in the water, naked and waiting for him. 'Brooke what are you doing?'
'What does it look like i'm doing! I'm swimming!' She giggles as she dips under the water. 'Well what are you waiting for you almost have me!' She shouts as Damon starts removing his clothes. He unbuttons his shirt and lays it on the ground with his jacked and then proceeds to take off his pants. Brooke is watching in awe at him, his perfectly chiselled abs and torso, the muscle definition of his pelvis going down to his enormous member. She gasped as he got into the water and made his way over to her. 'So now you have me, what are you going to do with me?' She asks innocently. Damon grabs her waist and hooks her thighs around him, she runs her fingers through his hair as his tongue found it's way into her mouth. He tasted so good, she thought to herself as she clawed at his back. He hissed and started kissing her ear lobe moving down her neck. He could feel the blood pumping beneath his mouth and It made his hungry for her. She moved against him rubbing her centre against his groin, making him twitch with pleasure, and it wasn't long until he was inside her. The feeling made Brooke gasp and moan, laying her head back as Damon ploughed into her. She leaned forward closer to his ear and whispered. 'Don't worry baby I like it rough.' He moaned as her hot breathe warmed his ear and she continued to kiss down his neck. 'Go faster!' She screams and urges him to let loose. She knows she's close and that's when she notices it, Damon is looking at her and she swears she has seen that look before. Instantly her mind is filled with images of Lucas, and she feels a pain in her heart. 'Stop.. please Damon I can't I..I.. I have to go!' She ducks under the water and makes her way to the bank of the lake. 'Brooke! Wait please!'
'I'm sorry.. I have to go.' And with a blink she was gone leaving Damon alone and wondering what had just happened.
Brooke ran after she had found and slipped on her dress. She made it back to the house and unclipped her key from a bracelet she had been wearing so she could open the door, except it was already open. She had noticed the lights were off and began to get an eerie feeling in the pit of her stomach. 'John?' Brooke whispered as she tiptoed into the house, she was horrified to what she stumbled onto. The house was a mess, there were broken lamps strewn across the floor and in the corner of her eye she saw a body. 'John!' She screams as she rushes over to him, his face is drained of colour and he feels cold. Tears flood down her face and her shaking hands hug onto her uncle. 'God please John, I can't do this on my own I need you to come back!' Her hands reach for the phone and she dials the one number she can think of. 'It's Brooke, I know this is sudden but I need you to come over to my house, you're the only person I can call please come.' She hangs up the phone not waiting for a reply and walks over to the corner of the room. She collapses in the corner and places her face in her hands and cries.
'Brooke? It's Stefan!' He says as he taps lightly on the door. He looks around the messy room and spots her in the corner sobbing next to a body. He rushes to her and crouches on the floor, 'Brooke? What's happened? Are you okay?'
'I'm so sorry for calling you, I don't know what happened I got here and found my uncle like this.'
'Hey, it's okay your safe now, let's get you out of here.'
'I can't Stefan! I have nowhere to go and I now have no family left, I know i'm meant to be strong but I can't deal with this.'
'It's okay, grab some things, i'm taking you back to mine.'
'I can't leave him, he was there for me, he can't be on his own.' Her mascara stained face looks up at him. 'I'm going to call Elena okay, she can take you back to my house and I will stay here until the coroners arrive.' She nods at him slowly lifting herself up off the ground and heads upstairs.
A few minutes later she returns and sees Elena waiting for her by the door. 'Brooke go with Elena now okay, I will take care of this and meet you guys back at the house.'
'Babe please be careful, c'mon Brooke lets get you out of here.' Elena takes Brooke by the arm and pulls her out of the house.
'Welcome to the Salvatore house Brooke.' Elena says as she opens the front door. 'I thought you said this was a house, this is no house, this is a mansion,' Brooke says. 'I know it's a bit much but Stefan had this passed down through his family and he can't bring himself to let it go, c'mon let's go into the lounge, we can talk.' Brooke nods and knows what conversation will follow. The two girls sit in the lounge and sit in silence. 'So...you want to talk about what happened at the dance?'
'I guess i'm not really going to be able to avoid it, why don't you first tell me who you guys really are?' Brooke asks raising her eyebrows. 'Well i'm human but i'm also a doppelgänger of this old vampire bitch who happens to be on every bodies 'hit list'.'
'Right and Stefan?'
'Stefan is a vampire, but he's a good guy, on a strict bunny diet.' Elena giggled but Brooke just sat looking at the floor. 'So Brooke let's talk about you. What exactly are you?'
'I'm a hunter, I was born into it, trained at a young age and I have heightened strength and speed. I am meant to kill vampires and demons that prey on humans, like my uncle.'
'Oh well I should probably tell you Caroline is a vampire, her boyfriend Tyler..a werewolf and Bonnie is a witch.'
'Well I guess the supernatural thing really does effect everybody in this town. Does Damon know about his brother being a vampire?'
'How do you know about Damon? Have you seen him?' Elena asks moving closer to Brooke. 'I may of seen him, okay well if we're going to have a completely honest conversation I have seen him a lot. I don't know what it is but I feel like i'm drawn to him somehow and I have only known that feeling once before so I did what I do best, I ran.'
'Brooke, do you wanna talk about it? Because you can trust me.'
'It's along story, girl meets boy, boy gets caught up in girls occupation, boy dies, girl leaves town.'
'I'm sorry Brooke, but you have to know even if we just met you, you have me, Stefan, Bonnie, Caroline and Tyler. You don't have to hurt them, we are all fighting on the same team, as twisted as it sounds.'
'I need to know what happened to my uncle, and if that means fighting on the same side as you all, I will do that regardless of the consequences.'
'What kind of consequences Brooke?'
'If the council of hunters find out i'm teaming with you guys, i'm marked as a dead girl.' Brooke gets up and walks over to the fireplace. She places a matchbox out of her pocket and into her hand and proceeds to light a match, throwing it into the fire. 'Brooke if it's okay i'm going to call the others, get them to all come here.' Elena wraps her arm around Brooke and squeezes her tightly. 'It's okay i'm going to take a shower I need to get this dirt off me.'
'Of course, it's up the stairs to the left if you need anything give me a shout.'
Brooke nods at her and heads up the stairs to the bathroom meanwhile Elena is on the phone.
'Care...you have to get everyone together and come to the Salvatore house, it's urgent!'
'Of course I will be there shortly.'
'Bye.' And with that Elena hangs up the phone and walks into the kitchen to make some tea.
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Brooke slides off her dress and steps under the warm cascading water in the shower. The steam feels nice against her skin and she starts to lather up the shower gel in-between her fingers. She lets out a small moan as she starts to rub shampoo in her hair, breathing in the faint aroma of vanilla and honey. Stepping out of the shower and putting on some sweats she heads out of the bathroom but is distracted by a door at the end of the hall. It's slightly open so she peeks inside and proceeds to walk in. Running her finger along the edge of the wooden desk her hand stops on top of what looks like a diary with the word 'Damon' written across it. In a brief moment of impulsiveness, she picks it up and tucks it into her jumper and then continues to investigate in the room.
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'Stefan, Brooke knows about your brother.' Elena tells the group, who are now gathered in the lounge waiting for Brooke to return. 'You think she's seen him? Nobody has seen him since he left town over a year ago!'
'Caroline, I know for a fact she has seen him so he must be back, why he hasn't come here yet I have no idea.'
'Do you think she knows Damon is one of us also?'
'No and I doubt he knows the real Brooke either, I told her about us all. I think she really is willing to help us. Stefan, do you think we should tell her about him? She said she felt drawn to him.' The gangs eyes widen as they look between Elena and Stefan. 'She loves him, a hunter loves a vampire and I don't know if he loves her but I don't know what to do about them. Why don't we just focus on the issue at hand, Brooke's uncle has been killed and right now we need to figure out how that happened. If Damon shows up we can decide what to do then.'
'Ahem..Sorry guys for interrupting.' Brooke had sat in the back. 'It's okay, good shower?' Elena asked. 'Why don't we just skip the small talk, Hi I'm Brooke and i'm a vampire/demon hunter.' She stands up as if she were at an alcoholics anonymous meeting. 'Look i'm not going to hurt any of you, I just want to find whatever murdered my last living relative but don't get confused if any of you get in the way I will kill you and your little plan to involve me against originals will not happen.'
'Have you heard of originals before?' Tyler asks her. 'Yeah I have I even fought a couple until they decided to kill my first love in the last town I was in.'
'Oh my god! Stefan I thought you said at the moment we have nothing to worry about!' Caroline shouts. 'You don't for now, Klaus doesn't know i'm here in fact I bet he's still searching for me in Southern California, I mean after killing his brother he won't stop until I am dead.' Brooke takes a swig of the bourbon on the table next to her. 'Woah wait a minute, you know Klaus!'
'Stefan of course I know Klaus he's the biggest bad I have ever known.' Brooke laughs. 'Okay hold up so let me get this straight, Klaus the original and his family fought Brooke in Tree Hill and when Brooke kills his brother and flees he decides to search for her, where do we fit in with all this?' Tyler asks trying to piece the pieces back together. 'Well Klaus is strong but he knows i'm stronger then him, the only way he got me last time was because he killed somebody I loved, and he knows that if he locates the doppelgänger and creates an army of hybrids that there's a good chance I will be killed along with everybody else standing in his way.' Brooke sits back down looking exhausted.
'Okay guys I think this is enough for tonight, Brooke you look exhausted how about you go try and sleep you can take my brothers old room.'
'Oh okay well thanks guys I know i'm being a bit cold towards you at the moment but I just can't lose any more people who i'm fond of.' They all nod and she makes her way back upstairs and into Damon's room. After striping of her clothes she gets under the warm sheets and stares into the ceiling.
'Well well...if I had a dollar for every time I had a beautiful naked girl in my bed I would be a rich boy!' He murmurs from the balcony window. Brooke nearly jumps out of her own skin. 'Damon..What are you doing here?'
'I think the question is Brooke. What are you doing in my bed?' He smirks and her heart melts.
'Stefan said I could sleep here, I couldn't stay In my house.' Tears begin to break through her smile and Damon feels as though he should rush to her side. Brooke gets up and wraps the bedsheets around herself. 'Brooke, you look beautiful.'
'Why thanks, you don't look so bad yourself.' She winks as she walks over to him. He takes her in his arms and begins to kiss her lips. Their kiss becomes heated quickly as her tongue traces his lips, and he brushes her hair away from her neck. Under his mouth is a vein that's throbbing in his mouth and before he knows it the veins under his eyes are protruding and his fangs are grazing her neck. Then he bites her and her world turns black...
You take it on the run baby
If that's the way you want it baby
Then I don't want you around
