Eleanor Gilbert
Chapter 10 – The Turning Point
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Ellie POV
"You'll never guess what, Jeremy's got his sketch pad out." Elena whispered as she stepped off the last stair.
"He has not!"
"You're kidding?" Jenna and I spoke at the same time.
"Nope, he has. But don't say a word, either of you. The minute we start to encourage him, he'll put it away." Elena put her hand on her hip and I laughed.
"Psychology major. Check." Jenna joked and Elena laughed, rolling her eyes with good nature.
"You seeing Stefan today?" I asked Elena as I reached for my coat.
"Yep, tonight. We're going to that career future thing at school, will you be there?" Elena wondered and I nodded.
"I will be. I will see you two later." I called, Jenna waved as I walked towards the door.
"Where are, you going?" Elena asked me.
"To see Damon." I said, not to waiting for her response before I left. I knew Elena was still unsure about what was going on between Damon and I, and to be honest so was I. Nothing had really happened between us, and I was okay with that.
…
When I got to the boarding house Stefan and Damon were arguing, as per usual.
"Guys, cut it out." I said, bored of the arguments. Anyone would thing that 145 years' worth of arguments was enough, but not for the Salvatore brothers.
"You going to school today?" I asked Stefan as I put my school bag down. He nodded.
The three of us glanced at the door and back at each other when the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it." Stefan announced, walking from the drawing room and to the front door, Damon and I following behind him. Stefan opened the front door and Liz Forbes was standing there.
"I'm here to see Damon." She said, glancing at Damon and I before looking back to Stefan.
"Uh, sure. Okay." Stefan stepped out of the way when Damon approached.
"Sheriff, what a surprise." Damon flashed a smile that stated he wasn't surprised at all.
"Sorry to bother you, but we need to talk." The sheriff said, casting an uncomfortable glance towards Stefan and me.
"Of course. Come in, we can talk out back." Damon raised his eyebrows as he walked past Stefan and I, the sheriff following behind him.
"What's going on? Why is she here?" I crossed my arms across my chest and Stefan shrugged.
"I have no idea, maybe she wants to ask Damon about Vicki?" Stefan said, walking over to the couches in the drawing room.
"What's he saying?" I asked, sitting beside him.
"He said that he's sorry for the privacy, but he wants to keep you and me out of this." Stefan continued to listen until he stiffened in his seat.
"What?" I asked warily.
"There's been another attack. A woman, her throat completely torn out and her body drained." Stefan said, the shock evident in his voice.
"Wait? Damon killed someone?" I asked, the shock just as evident in my voice.
"Well, it wasn't me. But this isn't Damon's style." Stefan told me, looking outside to where Damon and the sheriff were standing.
"Damon is acting confused, they're talking about Lexi." Stefan said quietly and I shifted closer to him, putting my hand on his shoulder.
"The sheriff thinks Lexi turned someone of multiple people. They're telling everyone it's another animal attack." Stefan recollected their conversation and I nodded.
I watched as the back door opened and Damon walked in, followed closely by the sheriff. The sheriff nodded at Stefan and I as she walked past.
"Thank you so much for stopping by." Damon said, leaning against the doorframe.
"Yes. Let me know what you come up with." Damon nodded as he opened the door for her.
"Absolutely." Damon said, the sheriff walked from the house and to her car without looking back.
I didn't have the chance to turn around before Stefan was holding Damon against the wall.
"What is wrong with you? You killed someone?" Stefan cried, letting go of Damon's shirt.
"Guys." I warned quietly, standing and walking towards them.
"Stefan get off me. A, don't touch me. B, if I had, I wouldn't have been so obvious about it." Damon said as he walked towards me.
"And, C, there's a new vampire in town." Damon continued as he turned to face Stefan.
"No, that's impossible." I disagreed.
"Obviously, it isn't, princess." Damon said as he walked over to me and put his arm over my shoulders.
"Then who the hell is it?" Stefan asked, furrowing his eyebrows.
"I have no idea." Damon shook his head.
"How are we supposed to find them?" Stefan wondered, walking into the drawing room.
"The compass you took from Logan Fell?" I suggested and Stefan nodded, walking over to the place he had stashed it in the drawing room.
"Let us know if you need help. Stefan, we need to go or we'll be late. Again." I said and he chuckled.
"Will do." Damon said as he left the room, leaving Stefan and I standing there. As Stefan and I were climbing into my car, my phone started to ring.
Elena
"Hey, what's up?" I asked as I reversed out of the driveway, I handed my phone to Stefan who put it on loudspeaker.
"You're with Stefan and Damon, right?" She asked, I could her the panic in her voice. From Stefan's expression, I could tell he had picked up on it too.
"I got Stefan. Damon is going something potentially dangerous. What's wrong?" I asked again.
"Stefan, when someone is asking to be invited inside, that could mean that…" she trailed off and my eyes widened in alarm.
"Yes, there's a good chance they're a vampire. Is it Bonnie? Did something happen to her?" Stefan asked her quickly, but the line was silent.
"Elena?" I called.
"No, it's not Bonnie. Last night, Logan Fell was trying to get Jenna to invite him inside. I thought he was dead?" Elena whispered into the phone.
"He was, or is. He was dead when we left him." Stefan said quickly.
"Elena, the sheriff knows there is a vampire in town. They thought they had solved their vampire issue with Lexi, someone was killed. That report this morning about the jogger? That happened on our street." I said and I could hear her sigh.
"So, what's the chance our mystery vamp is Logan Fell?" I asked, taking my eyes off the road for a second to look at Stefan.
"Someone asking to be invited in, a murder that happened where he was at the time, there's a good chance. I'll call Damon and get him to check it out." Stefan said, reaching into his pocket for his phone.
"You at school yet?" I asked as I pulled into the parking lot.
"I am. I just saw your car pull into the lot, speak soon." Elena said before ending the call.
"What he say?" I wondered, looking at Stefan.
"He said he's going to check it out. I also asked him to check in, but this is Damon." Stefan rolled his eyes and I laughed, reaching for the door handle.
Stefan and I walked over to Elena, and then the three of us walked to class.
"You two need to be careful, okay?" Stefan said quietly and Elena and I both nodded. Stefan and Elena kissed quickly before he turned on his heel and walked to his lesson.
…
"So, what exactly does this do? How did Johnathan Gilbert get it to work?" I asked from the passenger seat of Damon's car. I held the Gilbert watch in my hand.
"It tracks vampires. Hence the reason I can't use it, I mess with the signal. I have no idea how he got it to work, Johnathan Gilbert was crazy." Damon replied, indicating to turn left when the arrow on the compass moved.
"There isn't anything down here. Just warehouses and storage bunkers." I said, taking in my surroundings.
"Well, I'd say that a desolate warehouse with no windows is a great place for a new vamp to hang out until dark, don't you think?" Damon asked, stopping the car in front of one of the warehouses.
"I'll be back." Damon said, putting the car in park and making a move to get out of the car.
"Wait. I'm coming with you." I argued.
Damon looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language.
"No. You are not." He said, his tone matter-of-fact.
"Yes. I am, you can't go in there on your own." I argued.
"Princess, I am a vampire and you are human. If you go in that building there is a possibility you won't come out of it." He cried and I rolled my eyes.
"Oh, come off it Damon. You'll keep me safe and besides, I can handle myself. Come on." I heard Damon groan as I slammed the car door and walked over to the warehouse door.
"Little help?" I called, the annoyance evident in my tone. Damon rolled his eyes and walked from where he was leaning against his car. I watched as he held the door handle in his hand and twisted it until he door opened.
"Be quiet and keep yourself hidden. If something happens you run, do you understand me?" Damon muttered and I nodded, looking around the dingy warehouse.
Damon and I walked until we reached a large open space, there was nothing except metal storage shelves and random pieces of wood scattered on the floor. I cried out when I heard the gun shots. I turned to see Damon get shot three times in the chest. I rushed to him immediately, helping him. Damon groaned in pain as he fell to his knees.
"I have tons of these wooden bullets, so nothing dodgy. Either you will end up getting shot or you will be down one Gilbert girlfriend." Logan Fell sneered at Damon, waving the gun in his face.
Slowly, Logan began to circle around us.
"You really don't want to do this, trust me." Damon groaned and I put my arm around his shoulder, getting on my knees beside him. I was an inch out of harms way when Logan shot Damon in the shoulder. Damon cried out in pain again, I couldn't stand it.
"Would you stop that!" I shouted and Logan spun around to face me.
"That's what he gets." Logan sneered at me, taking a step closer.
"What did he do?" I cried, watching as Damon pulled the wooden bullet from his shoulder.
Logan chuckled, but there was no humour as he crouched down in front of us.
"He made me like this." Logan muttered darkly.
"No, he killed you. He didn't turn you." I cried as Damon pulled another wooden bullet from his chest.
"See, I know what you and your brother are. I've been watching the two of you. I knew you'd show up here and I'm glad you did, because I have some questions." Logan said as he raised a wooden bullet to eye level and examined it.
"Answer me first. Who turned you?" Damon asked through his teeth, prying another bullet from his chest.
Logan sighed loudly, crouching down in front of us again.
"How should I know? Last thing I remember is, I'm about to stake your brother and then you grabbed me. That's it! Until I wake up in the ground behind a used car dealership on highway 4. Someone buried me there." He accused Damon.
"Yeah, that happens. Ow." Damon groaned as he pulled a bullet from his leg.
"No, you bit me. It had to be you." Logan said quietly.
"Nope. You have to have vampire blood in your system when you died. I didn't do that. Some other vampire found you, and gave you their blood." Damon said as he lay down, I raised his head to put it onto my lap.
"Who?" Logan questioned and I sighed.
"We don't know." I muttered, looking up at Logan who's eyes flashed crazily.
"It's not like the welcome wagon was waiting with Bundt cake and a handbook. It's been a learn as you go process for me. You know, one minute I'm a small-town news guy and next minute, I can't get into my house because my foot won't go through the door." Logan shouted and I blanched backwards.
"Yep, you have to be invited in." Damon said, still laying down with his head in my lap.
"I know. I live alone." Logan shouted again.
"Well, that's sucks." Damon said and I laughed. Logan's gaze shifted from Damon to me, he stepped forward and I blanched backwards again.
"You are a Gilbert; how do you even know about this. You're a child." Logan sneered in my face and I smiled at him, squinting my eyes questioningly.
"Wrong answer." Logan said darkly, pulling me from the ground and throwing me into a wall. I hit the wall, hard, though I was still conscious. I looked up dazily and watched as Damon tried to reach me, only to be shot by Logan again.
"All I can think about is blood and killing people. I can't stop killing people. I keep killing and I love it. I'm definitely conflicted." Logan laughed manically.
"Yeah, welcome to the club, dude." Damon said, sitting up.
"And the bodies keep on piling up." Logan said, pointing in the direction of the piles of bodies scattered around the warehouse.
"Why am I so overly emotional? All I can think about is my ex-girlfriend. I wanna be with her and bite her and stuff." I whimpered quietly, thinking about what he could do to Jenna if he wasn't stopped.
"Well, you're most likely in love with her. Your emotions are magnified so you need to learn to control that." Damon replied, shooting another concerned look in my direction, I could feel myself fading.
"And the sun thing? You and your brother can walk in the sun which means there is a way to do it, which is pretty cool." Logan walked around Damon again mockingly.
I watch as Damon flexes his hand before hiding his daylight ring with his other hand. I smiled, noticing that Logan hadn't noticed Damon's movement.
"And the council never suspected you. Walking in the sun isn't recorded in the journals." Logan said, a confused expression crossing his face.
"The journals?" Damon asked, obviously confused.
"Yeah, the founding fathers left journals for their ancestors. Come on, you have to tell me, how can I walk in the sun?" Logan crouched in front of Damon again.
"Who turned you?" Damon asked through his teeth.
"How do you walk in the sun?" Logan retorted.
"Who the hell turned you?" Damon asked again, I could tell he was quickly losing his patience.
"You know, I have actually been really nice to you so far but I will kill you, or better yet, kill her." Logan threatened, I gasped when he pointed the gun in my direction.
"You touch one hair on her head and I'll tear you apart." Damon threatened, standing up.
"You know, it seems we're at a bit of an impasse here. You won't answer my questions and I don't know the answer to yours." Logan said, still holding the gun in my direction. For the first time since I found out about Stefan and Damon, I was actually scared of what could possibly happen. The possibility I could die, or get hurt. The possibility that Damon could die.
"Well, I have things to do. People to kill. Guess I will need a head start." Logan said suddenly, firing the gun twice in my direction. I closed my eyes and waited for the bullets to hit me, but it never happened. I cracked open one eye to see Damon kneeling in front of me, a pained expression on his face. I cried out when Damon groaned and fell to the ground, I looked up when I heard footsteps, Logan was leaving.
"Damon, come on." I cried, pulling him up the best I could. I got him to sit up so I could pry the bullets from his back.
"There you go." I sighed as I pulled the second bullet out. I examined it and dropped it quickly, the small bullet was doused in Damon's blood, I shivered at the thought.
"You okay?" He asked me, cupping my face in his hands.
"I think so." I nodded. I felt drowsy and tired, and my head was pounding.
"Do you want blood?" He asked, raising his wrist to his mouth.
"No, I'll be fine. Just help me up so you can kill the bastard." Damon chuckled at my bluntness and moved to put his arm underneath my knees. He lifted me from the cold ground, carrying me out of the warehouse and to his car.
"When we get back to the house. You can rest whilst I change. Okay, princess?" Damon asked as he started the car, I nodded.
…
When we got back to the boarding house, I had got some of my energy back so I could walk into the house on my own. Damon and I went into his bedroom, I got onto the bed and put my head onto one of the many pillows.
"Call Stefan?" Damon asked as he walked into his closet.
"On it." I said, taking my phone from my jacket pocket and dialling Stefan's number. I put it on loudspeaker and put the phone down on the bed.
"Hey, you okay?" Stefan asked as he answered.
"Define okay…"
Before I could finish Damon came out of his closet and started speaking.
"Logan Fell, the bastard. When I find him, I swear to god, I'm gonna destroy him limb by limb." Damon said as he did up the buttons on his shirt.
"Where's Elena, she okay?" I asked quickly, fearing for my sister's safety.
"She's fine. She's standing right next to me wondering what the hell is going on." He said and I laughed, imagining the glare Elena was giving him.
"What happened? Are you okay?" Stefan asked.
"No, I'm we're not okay. We were ambushed. I was shot, multiple times, Ellie was thrown against a wall. And now, I'm vengeful and all I have to do is find him." Damon struggled to maintain his cool. I glanced at him as he took of his clean shirt and replaced it with another one.
"There's no need, he's here at the school. I've just seen him."
"You're kidding me?" I murmured, completely dumbfounded.
"What's he doing?" Damon asked, walking towards me.
"He's here, working the crowd. He kept asking how you and I walk in the sun and when I wouldn't tell him he threatened to expose us." Stefan said, his tone serious.
"Yeah, well at least you didn't get shot." Damon said, his facial features hardening.
"Stefan, keep Elena safe and check on Jenna please? We'll be there soon?" I asked and he said he would before I ended the call.
"Let's go." Damon said, taking his car keys from the bedside table before walking out of the room.
…
"What's going on? Did he cause a scene? Please tell me everyone is okay?" I asked quickly as I answered Elena's call. Damon and I were nearly at the school when my phone began to ring.
"He took Caroline! Stefan's gone after her." Elena cried, I could hear her crying.
"Okay, Damon put your foot down." I said quietly. Damon complied with my request, pushing the speedometer to nearly 90 miles per hour.
"Elena, it will be fine. Do you have any idea where Logan has taken her?" I asked slowly.
"No, Stefan just took off. Telling me to stay at the school." Elena said, sniffing back the tears.
"Okay, I'm going to call Stefan and see where he is. Stay calm, it will be fine. We'll come and get you when this is over, okay?" Elena said okay before I ended the call, quickly dialling Stefan's number, I put it on loudspeaker.
"Where are you?" Damon demanded as soon as Stefan answered.
"I'm nearly at the intersection on Elm Street. If you hurry, we can get him now." Stefan said quickly, I could hear him running.
"I'm thirty seconds away." Damon said before ending the call.
"When we get there, you stay put in the car, do you understand? You will not be hurt again today." I nodded quickly and Damon skid the car to a stop on the corner. I watched as Stefan yanked the door from the car and pulled Logan out, tossing him down the street. I jumped when I heard gunshots, and I sighed happily when I saw that Damon was the one holding the gun. I got out of the car and sat on the bonnet so I could hear properly.
"Paybacks a bitch, isn't it?" Damon smirked at Logan.
"Get her out of here!" Damon instructed Stefan who nodded, walking around to the other side of the car and picking up Caroline, running off into the woods afterward.
"Logan! Logan! What happened?" I heard a voice in the car and I realised it was the sheriff. Damon was too occupied with Logan so I jogged over and retrieved the phone from the seat.
"Sheriff, it's Ellie." I said quietly, walking off in the direction of Damon's car before Logan could notice me.
"Ellie? Where is Caroline?" She cried.
"She's okay, Stefan took her home." I heard Liz sigh.
"Where are you?" She asked quickly and I smiled.
"At the intersection on Elm Street." I ended the call and watched as Damon retrieved a tire iron from Logan's car.
"Look, I'm going to try this one more time." Damon swung the tire iron, showing what would happen if Logan didn't answer his question.
"Who turned you?" Damon asked threateningly.
"I told you, I don't know." Logan cried, cowering on the asphalt.
Damon rolled his eyes, examining the tire iron.
"You know, this tire iron could take your head clean off your shoulders. Is that your final answer?" Damon asked, at the end of his tether. Damon held the tire iron in a swinging position over his shoulder.
"How can you side with them?" Logan tried to backtrack.
"I don't side with anyone, and I certainly haven't sided with the damn founder's council. You pissed me off, you hurt my girl and now I want you dead. I'll ask you one last time, who turned you?" Damon asked for the final time.
"I told you! I don't know!" Logan cried, shuffling backwards away from Damon.
"Oh, well. You're screwed." I covered my eyes even Damon swung the tire iron. I moved my fingers away from my eyes one at a time before standing and walking over to Damon. He stood, tire iron still in hand, with a decapitated Logan Fell at his feet.
I turned when I heard sirens. The sheriff was driving at full speed down Elm Street, screeching to a halt a few feet away from us.
"Caroline's okay?" She asked quietly and I nodded.
"Get him into my car, quickly." The sheriff asked Damon, who picked up the body in the most un-careful way possible before dumping it unceremoniously into the trunk of the sheriff's car.
"Thank you." The sheriff thanked Damon before getting into her car and driving away from the scene.
"Come on, we can go back to my house. I need to call Elena though." Damon nodded and lead me towards his car, opening the passenger door for me.
"Thank you." I said gratefully as he sped around to the other side. I pulled my phone from my jacket pocket and called Elena.
"You okay?" Elena demanded as soon as she'd answered the call.
"I'm okay. Logan's dead. Did you find Stefan?" I wondered.
"I'm fine too, by the way." Damon called and I could practically hear my sister rolling her eyes.
"Oh, thank god. And yes, I found him. I'm about to take him home and I should be there for a few hours. Are you going home?" She wondered.
"Good, and yeah I am, Damon is coming back with me for a while so you and Stefan can do whatever it is you do." I grimaced and Damon chuckled.
"Ellie, not talking about this right now. Get home safe, I'll see you later." She said before ending the call.
I sighed and settled back into the seat as Damon drove us back to my house, I smiled when he took one hand from the steering wheel and put it on top of mine.
Maybe everything would be fine. Maybe.
And that's chapter 10. I really hope you liked it! I know I haven't been able to get a chapter up in the last few days but I legitimately couldn't get out of my apartment. My flatmate and I have been living on noodles because the power kept on shorting out because of the snow. Hopefully I'll get another three up this week.
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