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Mason stood drinking lemonade taking a break from one of his jobs when Damon and Dia approached him.
"Hello, Mason. Working hard?" Damon smiled.
"Doing my part" Mason replied.
"I heard you talked to Stefan" Damon said.
"Nice guy" Mason looked at him.
"Stefan's very nice" Dia glared at Damon.
"Yeah, a lot nicer than me" Damon rolled his eyes.
"Niceness is overrated" Mason looked at the pair.
"That's what I think" Damon smirked.
"That's just sad" Dia bit her lip. "Clearly we can't be friends."
"You have a good day Damon" Mason glared and walked away. Stefan looked over and frowned and walked over to Damon and Dia.
"Please knock some sense into your brother" Dia pleaded.
" Please tell me that you were just bonding" Stefan looked at Damon.
"So what's up this faux drama in your relationship?" Damon smirked.
"What are you talking about?" Stefan frowned.
"Oh come on, Stefan. You and Elena don't fight, especially not over me" Damon replied.
"He's got a point Stefan" Dia said. "But Damon, I don't think they're fake fighting. Why would they do that?"
"Yeah why would you do that?" Damon crossed his arms.
"Drop it Damon" Stefan huffed.
"With pleasure" he smiled.
"Would you like some lemonade?" a little girl asked walking up to Damon.
"Thank you sweetie" Damon took the cup and took a sip before spitting it out. He began to cough. Stefan took hold of him and helped him sit down
"What's wrong with you?" Stefan asked.
"Vervain" Damon said looking at the lemonade.
"Wait why would there be vervain in there?" Dia asked.
"One word" Damon coughed. "Mason."
"Don't jump to conclusions Damon" Stefan looked at him.
"I don't think he's jumping to conclusions" Dia looked at Stefan.
"I'll go get you some water" Stefan said. He got up and walked to get Damon water.
"Are you alright?" Dia asked.
Damon responded by pressing his lips to her own. He pulled away and gently stroked her cheek.
"I'll be fine" he reassured her.
Stefan brought back some water and handed it to Damon.
Damon took a sip of it and spoke.
"I'm going to kill him" he exclaimed getting up.
"Damon no!" Dia protested.
"Listen to me!" Stefan told him. "Sit! Sit!"
" I'm not listening anymore of you "get peace a chance" crap. He's dead!" Damon sneered.
"Damon he's a werewolf" Dia looked at him.
"He's going to be a dead werewolf" Damon replied. "He needs to be taken care of."
"Okay. I don't like it but he's making threats. He could expose us. We need to put him down" Stefan said giving in.
"Alright. Let's do it" Damon nodded. He saw Mason walking into the woods.
"Woods. Trash duty. Come on "Damon said. "Dia keep out of trouble. Stay here or better yet go home."
"Okay" Dia replied. Damon embraced her and leaned in and softly kissed her.
"Be careful " she whispered.
"Hey this is me we're talking about" he smirked.
Mason walked through the woods and ran into Stefan and Damon.
"Don't look so surprised. You knew this was inevitable. Go ahead, run. I'll give you a head start" Damon smirked.
Mason bent down and Damon and Stefan were shot from behind and fell to the ground. Liz and some of her deputies arrive.
"Thank you Mason" she told him injecting vervain into Stefan and Damon.
"You're welcome" he replied. "I'll go find the girl."
"Don't harm her" Liz told him. "We need her."
Dia walked over to her car and put her bag in the back seat and closed the door. She looked in the window and saw Mason's reflection in it. She rolled her eyes and turned around.
"Can I help you with something?" she asked.
"Actually yes" Mason smiled. He suddenly took out a needle and stabbed it into her arm. Dia gasped in pain and slowly fell to the ground. She looked at him and laughed.
"I'm not a vampire you idiot" she said getting up. Mason looked at her shocked and confused.
"My turn" Dia smiled. With the flick of her hand light shot out of her hand throwing Mason across the woods. He got up and ran towards Dia. She began to run through the woods. She stopped and looked around and saw no sign of Mason. She started to walked back to her car when she felt someone grab her and came face to face with Mason. She struggled, but was no match for his strength.
"How about you stop or I'll kill Damon" he sneered.
Liz, Mason and the deputies walked to the Lockwood's old estate ruins. The deputies carried Stefan and Damon while Mason had tied Dia's hands and covered her mouth so she couldn't scream. Dia looked at Stefan and Damon. She had an idea but the chances of it working were slim.
"It's down the stairs to the left" Mason told Liz directing her.
"Careful. The wooden bullets and vervein won't keep them down for long. What is this place?" Liz looked at him.
"Old slave quarters from the original Lockwood house" Mason explained. The group walked down into the ruins. Mason forcefully sat Dia on the ground while the deputies threw Damon and Stefan on the ground.
"Thank you, Mason. I appreciate all you've done. We got it from here" Liz told him.
"You're going to kill them right? Even the girl?"
" Yes. That's why you should go. Here it's the council, not the law. You can't be a part of this. It's for your own protection" Liz told him.
" Liz, I don't care about…" Mason began.
"I do and I'm not asking. Goodbye Mason" Liz looked at him.
"Don't take any chances" Mason told her and left.
Damon began to stir and he opened his eyes and saw Dia tied up. Liz saw this and shot him in the le with wooden bullets. Damon cried out in pain.
"This is how it's gonna work. Answer me and you don't get shot, understand? How many of you are they?" Liz demanded.
"Please, please" Damon cried out. Liz shot him again. Damon let out another scream.
"How did you fool us? How do you walk in the sun?" Liz demanded. Damon just looked at her and Liz shot Stefan.
"I will drag this out painfully" Liz sneered.
" But you're my friend" Damon said.
"Our friendship was a lie. Answer me and I'll kill you fast" Liz told him.
"Let Dia go" Damon said. "She has nothing to do with this she's not a vampire."
"She's involved with you. She might as well be one of you" Liz snapped.
Damon looked over at Dia. Dia nodded at him as a sign of she was alright. Damon noticed that Dia was messing with the rope tied around her wrists and was slowly getting them undone.
"Let's do this. Each with a stake in the heart, then burn them both" Liz instructed to her deputies.
A noise was suddenly heard. One of the deputies walked over to see what had happened. He disappeared and Elena suddenly appeared.
" Elena! What are you doing?" Liz asked.
"You can't kill them. I'm not gonna let you" Elena replied.
Another noise was heard and the door suddenly closed by itself.
"What was that?" one of the deputies said.
"Who else is with you?" Liz looked at Elena.
Dia finally got her hands untied and blasted one of the deputies against the wall. Caroline appeared and killed him and punched the other one. She looked over at Liz who was in complete shock.
"Hi mom" she said.
Dia ran over to Damon. She embraced him and quickly kissed him.
"How you feel?" she asked.
"Like crap" he replied. "Mind if I snack on you?" He began to move to her neck.
"Damon stop" Dia looked at him. "Mason injected vervain into me."
"That bastard" Damon sneered.
"I'm fine he didn't hurt me" Dia reassured him.
Damon finished feeding on one of the deputies. He dropped the deputy on the ground and went to check on Stefan.
"You need to drink some deputy blood" Damon told him.
"No. I'm gonna be fine. It's gonna take a little bit longer" Stefan replied.
"Damon's right you know. If it's ever time to break your diet…" Caroline began.
"He said he didn't want it, okay?" Elena cut Caroline off.
" This is the most unfortunate situation. Two deputies dead and you.." Damon began. "What am i gonna do with you?"
"We don't have to kill her" Dia said quietly.
" You won't tell anyone, will you? Mom? Mom? Please. Look, I know that we don't get along and that you hate me but I'm your daughter and you'll do this for me, right? Mom, please. He will kill you" Caroline pleaded with her.
" Then kill me" Liz sneered.
"No!" Caroline cried out.
"I can't take this! Kill me now" Liz told her.
"But you're gonna dry out so painfully" Damon grabbed Liz.
"No!" Caroline protested.
"Damon don't" Stefan exclaimed.
"Damon, please" Elena begged.
"Relax guys. No one is killing anybody" Damon looked at Liz. "You're my friend." Damon looked over at the dead deputies.
"We have to clean this up" he said.
Caroline arrived at the boarding house with luggage.
"Hey, sorry that took forever. I just didn't know how long my mom was going to be here" Caroline said.
"Damon says it'll take 3 days' tops for the vervain to leave her system. Maybe even sooner" Elena said.
"Well I'm sure Damon's going to love having to wait at least three days to feed from you Dia" Caroline smirked.
"Umm I really don't want to talk about that" Dia laughed.
Stefan appeared and rejoined the girls.
"Hey! You had some bunny in you?" Caroline asked.
"Yeah, I'm feeling much better, thank you" Stefan replied.
"Well I'm going to head upstairs. If Damon asks where I am just tell him" Dia said.
Dia walked into her room and dropped her bag on the floor. She opened a drawer from her dresser and pulled out the Vladiou book. She put on her pajamas and took the book and went to Damon's room.
Elena began to walk to the door to leave when Damon arrived.
"Caroline is sleeping on the couch" Elena told him.
"I heard and you?" Damon asked.
" I'm going home. What you did for Caroline's mom, that's the Damon who was my friend" Elena looked at him.
"Hey, Stefan didn't drink the people blood if you're curious but he needs to and deep down you know that" Damon replied.
"Just like deep down you know you're going to have to tell Dia about what happened between us" Elena frowned. "You care about her Damon. You need to tell her."
Damon walked into his bedroom and saw Dia sitting on his bed reading a giant leather book.
"So have you decided to take up a permanent residence in my bed?" he smirked at her.
"Like you mind" she let out a laugh. Damon came over and laid on the bed beside her. He put his arm around her.
"What's all this?" he asked picking up the book.
"Isobel's research on gypsies" Dia replied. "There is reason to believe that I am related to this Vladiou family.
"Well is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Damon asked.
"I'm not sure" Dia said. "The only link I have found between this family and myself is that when they moved to the states they changed their name to Delamare. Did Lydia ever have a kid while she was married to John Walker?"
"No Lydia wasn't married long before I killed her" Damon replied.
"How did the Walker line live on then?" Dia asked.
"Good question" he replied. Dia just sighed and shook her head.
"Hey we'll piece it together" Damon pulled her down to him. She rested her head on his chest.
"I feel like we're hitting more walls than actually moving forward with everything" Dia sighed. "First Katherine, Mason, and now what happened today. So many secrets. Thank you for not keeping any secrets from me." She gently kissed him and smiled and went back to reading her book not noticing the worried look on Damon's face.
There you have it! Next chapter WILL be up tonight I promise! Please review! Reviews were lacking a bit last chapter. Hope you all are enjoying the story.