Act 3 Scene 1 Part 2

Damon had never been so angry in his life. Staring down at Tyler's lifeless body made his own start running with adrenaline fueled by his rage at the loss of his best friend.

He felt in his back pocket. His knife was there. And he intended to use it.

"Where did Jeremy go?" he asked in a barely contained rageful whisper.

"I don't know. Look, Damon, you have a look in your eye, don't do anything stupid!" Stefan was shouting at the end of the sentence. But his words went unheard.

Damon ran as fast as his legs would carry him. He had nothing on his mind except to have Jeremy pay.

It didn't take him long to find him. Jeremy was walking away from the football field along with his gang.

"JEREMY!" Damon shouted at the top of his lungs.

Jeremy turned around slowly. The rest of his gang backed off then started running in different directions. They wanted nothing to do with the fighting, especially after they suspected Tyler had died at Jeremy's hand.

He stared at Damon then smiled.

"Well, did Lockwood croak? Kinda thought so but wasn't sure…"

"Jeremy, you're battle is with me; it's personal now!"

"Alright, they always want to do it the hard way…"Jeremy said in a bored tone but whisked his blade out at the same time.

"This shall determine that!" Damon said whipping out his own knife.

The two of them circled each other before attacking. Damon lunged at Jeremy with his full force. Damon was extremely larger than Jeremy; so much that Jeremy looked like a weakling compared to him. Damon crushed Jeremy to the ground but Jeremy reared back and punched Damon straight in the jaw.

This caused Damon to stumble backwards and hit the ground. Jeremy took the opportunity to get on top of him and repeatedly punch Damon in the face. Damon grabbed both his arms and tried to pry him off. Jeremy's blade managed to reach Damon's side and grazed him. He gave a yell and moved Jeremy so that he was the one beneath him.

And without hesitation…he plunged his blade into Jeremy's chest.

Jeremy gasped in pain and stumbled backwards. He fell on the ground and grasped his chest in pain; his breaths were coming out in short gasps. Then his eyes shut and his body lay still.

Damon dropped his blade in shock. He looked down at Jeremy's lifeless body and couldn't help but tell how much he looked like Elena….

Elena!

What had he done? He had killed Elena's cousin! She would surely hate him now! What would the mayor do to him? What would his punishment be?

"Damon, get out of here now! The police were called, they'll be here soon! What the hell-why are you just standing there?" shouted Stefan in his ear before pushing Damon toward his Ferrari.

Damon came to his senses and immediately got in and drove off.

Soon there were squad cars surrounding the football field and school. Stefan and Alaric were seated on one of the benches being questioned by officers. Then the mayor's car pulled up.

Stepping out, the mayor looked at the two body bags that were being loaded into the ambulance. His face showed no expression but inside he was tearing apart. His son was dead! He tried to put business above family but it was a fine line in this situation.

"What happened here?" he asked a nearby officer.

"Same old between the Gilberts and Salvatores but deadlier. Jeremy Gilbert attacked and killed your son Tyler. Then Damon ran off after Jeremy, attacked, and killed him. I'm so sorry, Mayor," the officer replied sympathetically.

Mayor Lockwood was stunned into silence. Damon had never been one of the fighting ones on the Salvatore side. That was usually his brother Stefan.

"Thank you, that will be all," he told the officer before walking up to Alaric.

"Alaric, you're a reasonable man. Could you please tell me exactly what happened here today?"

"Sir, we were just hanging out when Jeremy showed up. He wanted Damon for some reason then Damon showed up. He tried to befriend Jeremy but Jeremy got angry. Tyler stepped up and started fighting him. Damon tried to stop them but Jeremy stabbed Tyler….then left. We didn't think anything was wrong….but then Tyler wouldn't move. Damon was outraged and ran after Jeremy. I guess they fought and Damon killed him," Alaric was almost whispering toward the end. He never knew Damon had that violence in him.

"Thank you Alaric," the mayor said before turning around and noticing Grayson and Miranda Gilbert walking toward him.

"What happened here? Where's Jeremy?" Miranda asked frantically.

"I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but Jeremy is dead. He killed my son then Damon Salvatore killed him," he couldn't be mad at the rest of the Gilberts. He knew Jeremy was trouble on his own and didn't blame Miranda and Grayson. They were close friends of his.

"Oh my God!" Miranda cried then turned to Grayson and started crying into his chest.

"I hope you have Damon arrested and executed!" shouted Grayson.

"Better yet, I'll push the needle into him myself!" Miranda shouted through her tears.

"It's more complicated than that. Damon killed Jeremy defending my son while Jeremy murdered him in cold blood. I can't give Damon the death penalty," the mayor spoke calmly.

"Well what do you plan on doing about it then?" asked Grayson.

"You'll see," Mayor Lockwood said before turning to the crowd that had formed. All eyes were on him as he spoke and the flashes of news cameras were going off like crazy.

"Due to the facts given to me, Jeremy Gilbert is guilty of murdering my son Tyler Lockwood. Damon Salvatore took it upon himself to avenge Tyler's death by murdering Jeremy. Due to this fact, the law would have required the life of Jeremy. But due to Damon's rash behavior, I must punish him. From this moment on, Damon Salvatore is banished from Mystic Falls. If he is found in the city limits starting tomorrow morning, he will face death."