There was a silence that irked Tony a lot. He knew his team solves cases and catches the killers but this was not something everyone can understand. His father was a killer and his Uncle just explained the why he was being held, but he didn't know what to expect from his second family. He knew Abby loved Damon regardless of what he was or what he's done, but the rest of them he wasn't sure. Tim was horrified; Tony couldn't lose someone else at the mattered so much to him. As for Ziva, he wished she would understand. And Gibbs, he didn't look at his direction at all. Gibbs' reaction would destroy Tony.
Brooke hated that her father went through such a horrible incident. They never spoke about this ever. She was glad that her Zio was there. She felt everyone's emotions at once and that was just exhausting. Abby was scared to lose Damon, just like her and Tony; Ziva on some level understood the revenge act and switching off emotions part; Tim was horrified at the entire scenario, he didn't understand what it meant to be Vampire; Gibbs was just unreadable to Brooke, which she felt was a blessing at this point.
"Anyone has any questions?" Enzo asked looking at McGee who was trying to digest everything that was told.
"Can you tell us how he was turned into a vampire and your life story?" Ziva asked needing to know the back story as Brooke sighed. Brooke looked at Tony and nodded.
"Dad was born on 1839 in Mystic Falls. He had a pretty good childhood till his Mom was alive, after that it was just horrible. His Dad abused him a lot because he looked like her and to protect his little brother, he went through everything without any complaints. When he was 18 years, he met our Mom, Aria De Rose, she was a witch, they fell in love and got married in a very short period of time but Dad didn't tell anyone in his family. Mom's family was fine with it as they knew what kind of a man his father was. A year passed and I was born. 2 years later, Brooke was born. He always says that the best 2 days of his life. Soon after that his father signed him for the war and he had to leave. He came back after 8 months only to find his younger brother in love with a Vampire who was basically using him as a blood bag. Her name was Katherine Pierce. Mom being a witch had made Dad immune to any Vampire's compulsion and she tried compelling Dad to also to fall in love with her and fight with his brother for attention, he had to follow through otherwise his brother was going to die. I still have no idea where and when his father found that Katherine was a Vampire and tried to kill her. When he learned that Damon was involved with her even though his younger brother had feelings for her, that just sent him into a rage and he killed Dad with his shotgun. But Katherine has feed him some of her blood and his brother force fed him blood. Dad as soon as he woke up as a vampire, his repressed feelings about his father abuse and mistreatment became intensified and in the vampiric rage, he killed his father. He came to home, but couldn't enter, he yelled for Mom and then told her what had happen and he's gonna be far away from us until he got a grip on his control. It took him 3 years to come back to us even though he had his grip on control only in a year. For 8 years, we lived together in another city and everything was going great. Mom was out helping another witch who was helping the binding of pact between Vampires and Werewolves' when a young Werewolf couldn't control is hunger and attacked Mom. She stopped him but he had already scratched her. Mom and Dad were blood mates, she had his blood in her system and a Werewolf's blood is poison for Vampire's blood. She died a couple of months after that incident in Dad's arm; sorry I won't be telling it in detail. After that we moved back to Mystic Falls and lived with Dad's distant relatives. When I was 22, I asked Dad to change me to a Vampire and he did. Brook was 20 when she decided she wanted to turn. Since he was married to the Original Queen Witch, he was named the King of Original Vampire race and I was the Prince. But Brooke took a new role. She's a Vampire Princess and she's also the Queen of the Witches. We have lived for a long time and we have changed our identities frequently, but this has to be the longest we have stayed in a place with our original name" Tony said looking up at Gibbs.
"Wow" McGee breathed amazed at the life story of his closest friend.
"Did you always stay together?" Abby asked as Enzo laughed.
"Hell no! Living with them is a nightmare. In the beginning it was 'Brooke, you can't do this, you can't do that'. I'd rather live in an abandoned place than living with them at that time. Now, they sure have calmed the hell down" Brooke replied to Abby
"Hey! In our defense, you always wanted to do something that was rebellious. Both Dad and I had to bail you out three times respectively. You were always attending protests and marches; you did end up getting hurt severely most of the time" Tony replied annoyed that Brooke still was pissed about this.
"I still remember when you attended the march for equal women's rights, Damon was such a nightmare. I had to knock him out, THRICE" Enzo pitched in on the topic.
"And where did that get us? Apparently no-fucking-where. The Women's rights are still shit!" Brooke replied.
"I agree on that. But we are getting off the topic." Tony said trying to end this never ending discussion.
"Hmmm! Zio, pass me the laptop, they need to get familiar with some faces" Brooke muttered.
She plugged in the laptop into the projector and looked at Tony as if asking can I explain, for which he just sighed and nodded his head.
She put the photos in an order and began the explanation of each of them.
"I'm gonna start with Dad, even though you have seen his picture. This is Damon Salvatore; he is eccentric as hell and a realist. You'll know what I am talking about when you meet him. Next is his brother; Stefan Salvatore, he's always in a delusion that he's the good brother among both of them and drinks animal blood" Brooke explained when Abby cut her off.
"Woah..Woah! Animal blood? Doesn't that make you weak and makes you lose control more?" Abby asked wondering who does that.
"Ha! I'll bring up the topic at sometime, you as a human tell him that. He's gonna either freak out or ask Dad, if he has compelled you to say that. Next up is Mr. Alaric Saltzman, he is high school teacher, a vampire hunter and Dad's best friend. Dad turned his wife, Isobel and he wanted to murder Dad for it, and then they became best friends. This is Ms. Bonnie Bennett, she's a witch and Dad's protected her lineage from the moment he was turned into a vampire and her ancestor helped him with the daylight ring. She is his other best friend and confidant. Honestly, she keeps him line. Next is Caroline Forbes, she is sweet girl but has her issue and also a vampire. She was turned by Dad's blood, story for another time. Her mother is the Sherriff and is Damon's friend. Next is Mr. Matt Donovan, friends with most people and doesn't want anything to do with the supernatural but will help his friends who are supernatural. This is Ms. Elena Gilbert, she is a sweetest person but also the selfish person you'll ever meet. She's is what's know as a doppelganger. Her ancestor is Katherine Pierce aka Katerina Petrova. She takes situations into her own hand and what comes out of it is just mess. Like Katherine, she also fell for both Dad and Stefan. Not gonna lie, Dad did like her much to our discomfort but he never pursued that relationship. She's dating Stefan" Brooke ended the explanation.
"Wow! That's a lot to take in" McGee said looking at Tony.
"I have a question" said Abby biting her lip.
"Ask away, Abs. We'll answer any questions any one has" Tony replied.
"Damon told me that once you become a vampire, the reality of life hits hard. He never explained it to me. Just wanted to know, what does that mean?" Abby asked.
"Honestly, it differs from vampire to vampire. Being a vampire means having a human emotion magnified 1000 times more. For Dad, it was losing Mom and us at the beginning and now it's different. For me, it's always been about people around me. When Gibbs found me, I was betrayed by someone who trusted and that is my biggest fear. For Brooke, it's different. It takes a lot of control to keep our emotions in check" Tony explained to Abby.
"Isn't forever lonely?" McGee asked.
"It is. But you find people to fill the holes you have and make some forever relation" Brooke replied.
Both Ziva and Gibbs knew that feeling very well. They were quiet on the plane ride. Ziva was silent because she wanted to absorb in every detail of supernatural existence. Gibbs was silent because he wanted to hear Tony talk about his life.
"And we all have the opportunity to form blood bonds with people, that makes people a little longer and it slows the aging process" Enzo said looking at Brooke and Tony.
"By the way, have you decided when yet?" Brooke asked Enzo smirking.
"About what?" Tony asked eying both of them.
"He's gonna ask BonBon to marry him, he has a ring in the pocket" Brooke replied.
"What?" Tony said.
"Like, you're the one to talk" Enzo eyed Tony's chain.
"What are you talking about, Zio?" Brooke asked looking confused.
"Block" Tony said and Brooke understood.
Brooke blocked her and Tony's surrounding, no voice could reach them and no voice would reach out.
"What is Zio talking about?" Brooke asked Tony.
"I have a ring on my chain for the past 15 years. It's for my mate" he replied.
"T, you have known your mate for so long and why haven't said anything to me about it? Do they even know?" Brooke asked.
"I didn't want anyone to know. I don't know how Zio knows. And No" Tony answered and sat next to Gibbs who smiled at him.
"It's him, isn't it?" Brooke asked feeling his calmness.