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A/N: Alright it's another week and that means another update. First off I want to thank my reviewers from last time; STarSHipper, babyshan211, NaeNae1495, Hellzz-on-Earth, David Fishwick, Vie, and CrimsonEyedCullen. I hope everyone enjoys this chapter and please remember to Review.
Baby S
Chapter Twelve
Earlier that day. . .
As soon as Giselle got out of the car, Vincent quickly hopped back in the car and drove off. He didn't want to talk to Bonnie and Damon and he certainly didn't want to talk with Alexis at least not at the moment. So as soon as Giselle got out of the car and closed the door he pulled off and headed as far away from Sheila Bennett's home as fast as he could. As he drove down the street, he reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone and quickly strolled through the contacts until he got to his girlfriend Jasmine's number. He pressed the call button and put the phone up to his ear while looking back into the rearview mirror. He took one look at Sheila Bennett's home as it grew smaller and smaller in the mirror. As he turned off the road, his thoughts went back to Jasmine. He really needed to vent about basically everything that was currently going on, and she was the only person that would listen to him and allow him to talk things out. Giselle had tried to pry him for information earlier on their way over to the house, but he avoided telling her. Besides it wasn't like she didn't know deep down what was going on. What his problem really was. She probably had just forgotten all about it from the moment they came here. She tended to do things like that, when something was too much for her. When something didn't sit well with her, Giselle just blocked it out. It was her own personal coping method. She did that all the time when they were growing up. The only time she couldn't forget was when his brother Nick had been killed. He pulled the car to a stop at a red light and leaned back in his seat waiting for Jasmine to pick up her phone. "Vincent?" she said immediately after picking up the phone on the third ring.
"Yeah baby it's me." he stated quickly as he stepped on the gas as the light changed back to green, he quickly turned down another street that would take him straight to the house that they were currently living in at the moment. "I just dropped off Giselle," he paused as he waved across the a couple of people waiting to cross the street. As he sat there, he thought about the look Alexis had sent his way when he had pulled up that afternoon with Giselle to drop her off. "You know Alexis is still acting like I'm the one in the wrong. When she knows damn well that it's all on her. This thing if it happens is all on her cause I'm done. I want absolutely no part in it." He shouted into the phone angrily as he thought about the heated conversation that he had with the older woman the night before. He still was literally shaking with rage even though their argument had ended hours ago. He had even went to bed upset, something he hadn't done since his brother died.
"Vincent you need to calm down," Jasmine stated over the line, repeating to him the same line she had told him the night before when he had stormed into their room ranting and raving about how crazy Alexis was. She knew where his mind was going and she knew that it was her job to keep him calm cause he wouldn't listen to anyone else. "It really can't be that bad. Alexis isn't that stubborn but you did come at her rather roughly-."
"I don't know how else to come at someone, Jazz."
"I know I know," she rushed out quickly hoping that she could calm him back down. She didn't need him getting upset over the phone. "What I mean or what I was going to say before you cut me off was that maybe now that things have calmed down a bit we can talk her into it eventually. There's no reason to carry this fight any further. You both can't come to a reasonable conclusion if you're fighting like this." Jasmine stated as she stood up from her seat and began pacing back and forth in front of the fireplace as she tried to talk to some sense into her boyfriend. She may not be as strong as the others but she knew one rule that all of the had to hold on too, which was quite simple. A house divided simply stand. If they were going help Bonnie and her friends fight off this Katherine and her people then they needed to remain united in order to make it through this threat. However, she knew telling Vincent that at this point would be hard. She could literally feel, Vincent's agitation leaking through the phone.
"We're running out of time as we speak, Jazz. I'm not so sure she's going to listen to reason right now. All I know is I just can't-." he paused and released a tired, broken sigh. "Look, I'm almost there and we'll hash out all the details when I get there. You know we'll come up with a plan to tell her why we need to go about this in a different way. Or something like that."
"Alright that sounds like a plan Vince," she paused for a moment and sighed as she thought about to the night before and just how upset Giselle had been when Vincent and Alexis' fight had awakened her last night. "Did you tell Giselle what was going on?"
"No, I didn't tell her yet. She's still young and I really don't want her to worry about everything right now. Especially with the whole bonding ceremony thing going on, it could have ended up causing problems for Bonnie and Giselle if I told her. Besides all we would be doing is jogging her memory, and we don't need to do that yet." He tapped his hand along the steering wheel for a brief moment before speaking up again. "Maybe we should tell her later on tonight when she gets back."
"Okay that sounds-." The sound of the doorbell tore Jasmine's attention from the conversation, she was currently having with Vincent. She pulled her phone away from her ear and looked towards the door. She wasn't expecting any company this afternoon. Vincent was still on the line, plus he had a key to the house so there was no way that the person currently ringing the doorbell was him. As she left the living room, and headed towards the front door, she could hear Vincent shouting her name through the phone line.
"Jasmine!" he called out anxiously, Jasmine tore her attention away from the door and back to the phone in her hands.
"Sorry baby. Someone's at the door." she answered quickly, knowing that he had been on the edge since Damon had told them about Katherine. One night, he had told her that his gut had been warning him that something was going to happen and that she needed to be on her toes.
"Who in the world could that be," he wondered out loud. "Do a sensing spell, Jazz and make sure the person is human baby." he stated quickly. Jazz quickly did was he suggested she knelt down and touched the ground and sent out a quick sensing pulse that would tell her if someone nearby was alive or dead. As she read the nearby life signs that were coming back to her through the sensing spell she found that everything currently around her was alive.
"It's okay the person's human, Vince."
"Alright then. I'll let you handle that and we'll talk when I get there alright."
"Okay baby, I'll see you when you get here." Jasmine stated as she hung up her cell phone and slipped it into her back pocket just as the doorbell sounded again. Jasmine rolled her eyes heavenward thinking that whoever it was on the other side of her door was extremely impatient. They did just ring the doorbell moments ago. She quickly made her way over to the door, and opened it a little bit and peered out. The person she saw standing on the doorstep made her eyebrow rise in utter surprise. "Elena!" she exclaimed in shock as she looked at the girl who she considered a friend. "What are you doing here?" she asked bluntly only because the girl's presence was really out of place. The only time Elena saw her was when she came along with Bonnie, Damon and Stefan otherwise there was no real reason for her to be here. Elena just looked at her for a moment before reaching out and laying a hand on her shoulder. Jasmine looked at the hand and then dragged her gaze over to Elena.
"I'm sorry to just drop over like this, Jasmine. Can I come in?" Elena asked, as she looked Jasmine directly in the eye. Studying the girl before her, Jasmine just nodded her head and stepped aside opening the door so Elena could come inside the house.
"Sure um come on in," she watched as Elena released a small smile and stepped over the threshold. "Um, just so you know. Bonnie and Damon and basically everyone else isn't here right now." she stated as she watched Elena walk deeper into the house. Turning around she looked out into the driveway expecting Stefan to come bounding up the stairs but instead she didn't see a thing. Closing the door, she followed behind her. "Where's Stefan?" Elena turned around at the question and shrugged her shoulders before turning back around and trailing her finger over the wooden frame of one of the pictures that sat on a table near the sofa.
"He isn't with me, he's probably out eating?" she stated with a shrug of her shoulders as she looked over at Jasmine. Jasmine just stood there looking at Elena with shock probably written all over her face. If the other woman thought that answer would put her ease, she was sadly mistaken because all that answer did was put her on edge. It just didn't seem right in Jasmine's mind for her to say something like that. Walking over towards Elena, she looked at the picture frame of her, Giselle and Vincent before asking Elena another question.
"What do you mean he's probably out eating," Jasmine asked with a shake of her head. The way Elena was acting just didn't seem right. Ever since, she's been in Mystic Falls, she's noticed just how close Elena and Stefan truly were. For Elena not to know what Stefan was doing at the moment seemed extremely out of character. "Elena where's Stefan?"
"Vincent looks nice in this picture doesn't he," Elena asked ignoring Jasmine's question. "I mean for someone so arrogant he certainly does look nice, but I'm sure you know that though, since you're dating him." Jasmine's mouth dropped open in shock at what Elena had just told her.
"What in the hell is wrong with you, Elena?" she asked in utter confusion as she stared at the other girl who had now turned so that they were truly facing one another. Elena stepped away from the table and stared Jasmine down for a moment before shrugging her shoulders.
"Nothing really, but you know what? I really wish you would stop calling me Elena." Jasmine's eyes widened in shock as the woman smiled up at her. It was as if something had been blocking her senses since the woman had showed up and now with that one little sentenced uttered her senses were now truly open. She could now feel the old feeling of death wash over her body, sending a sudden chill up her spine. She stepped back but the girl reached out and latched onto her wrist with a hard death grip. "The name's Katherine, surely Stefan and Damon told you all about me and my charming looks," she paused and took in Jasmine's face with a small out. "Aw! Don't tell me that they didn't cause then I'll be so disappointed." During Katherine's brief statement and introduction, Jasmine allowed herself to think of a spell, any spell that would allow her to get away from Katherine and whatever it was that the woman was currently planning for her. Lifting her eyes up, she allowed her gaze to settle on the woman that held her captive. Chanting out a quick spell that Vincent had taught her when they had one of their rare self-defense sessions, she watched as Katherine hold on her slipped and the woman dropped to her knees clutching her stomach. Jasmine knew she was literally burning the woman from the inside out, the scream that the vampire released shook her to her core. She didn't wait for the woman to recover, lifting her hand up she mentally threw Katherine away from her and into the fireplace. She barely saw the crack that went down the center of the mantle as she turned and ran for the front door.
All she could think about was getting outside so she could get some help, because surely Katherine wouldn't attack her in board daylight. Plus, she didn't want to use a big display of her power in a domestic area. Besides Alexis had warned them not to do so. Instead she suggested that if they were in trouble to try and find another way to protect themselves if possible and if that didn't work then they were to use their powers. Without looking back she slung the front door open and ran straight into a young black woman who was standing calmly on the other side of the door. She fell back onto the floor as the woman merely looked down at her, she saw something like a flash of regret in the woman's eyes before she spoke up.
"It seems as if you lost something Katherine." she yelled out as she reached down for Jasmine, who slung her hand up in defense and mentally tried to push the woman out of the doorway. Jasmine watched in horror as the woman blocked her spell and then curled her fist together and pulled it towards her chest. Jasmine let out a squeak as she felt her body moving against her will as she was pulled to the woman's side. The woman grabbed her forearms and glared at her for a moment before speaking to her, her voice taking on a cold and harsh quality. "Try something else please I really want you too." Jasmine continued her struggle only to have the woman shake her a bit. "Katherine?" she called again as she looked towards the doorway where Katherine would enter. After a few moments, Katherine emerged from the living room dusting off her shoulders as she sent her a glare. "Are you okay?"
"Elise, keep talking to me like that and I will ripe your heart out when all of this is done." Katherine sneered as she looked at Elise who looked away from her in fear. Jasmine looked at Elise and saw that her face looked quite pale due to the words that Katherine had said to her. Katherine walked up to the two of them and looked down at Jasmine with a smile. "Now as for losing something, she simply caught me by surprise that's all." Katherine muttered as she glared down at her. "But I promise you," she said looking Jasmine directly in the eyes. "It won't happen again." Jasmine shrank away from Katherine and backed into Elise's arms just as Katherine reached out for her. Rolling her eyes at the action, Katherine scoffed, "Oh please, if I had wanted to do something to you. I would have done it by now. Besides no matter how much I want to pay you back for that little stunt you pulled back there I can't-," she stepped even closer and placed a hand beneath her chin, yanking her head up so she was looking her in the eyes. "At least not now." As soon as she finished her sentence Elise pushed her forward and Katherine caught her around the shoulder effortlessly.
"Do you need me for anything else, Katherine. Or should I move forward with part two of the plan." The witch asked as they stepped outside the house. Pulling the door behind them, she glanced over at Jasmine before focusing her attention on Katherine who was shaking her head.
"No, go ahead with the plan as scheduled besides I do believe you have the easiest part. You won't have to spend your night dodging fire till help arrives. Just make sure you get things done alright." Katherine stated as she pulled Jasmine down the walkway while Elise trailed behind them. Jasmine renewed her struggling as Katherine pulled her closer and closer towards a car with two men standing beside it.
"You might as well kill me now cause I'm not going to help you with anything." Jasmine stated as she lifted her chin in defiance and glared at the vampire who in anger tightened her grip on her arm.
"Maybe when I'm finished," Katherine snarled out angrily. "But as of right now your only purpose is to be the bait in my witch trap. So just be thankful for your usefulness and please don't yell out anymore cliche lines . . . cause if I hear a line that sounds like 'you'll never get away with this or such and such will stop me," she paused and released a shudder. "I'll kill you before you serve your usefulness for being so boring." Promised Katherine, as she motioned for one of her men to open the car door. He gave her a brief head nod before reaching out and opening the door. Moving quickly, Katherine tossed Jasmine inside and looked back at Elise. "I'll see you later on tonight if everything goes right," when the woman just nodded her head, Katherine sighed and released a small smile that didn't put the other woman at ease. "Make sure you don't fail." With that said, Katherine slipped into the car and slammed the door closed. As soon as she was settled the car pulled off and headed towards downtown. As she made herself comfortable, Katherine glanced over at Jasmine who sat stiffly watching her closely. "Oh get that ugly frown off your face," she said as settled back and looked at Jasmine while flashing the girl one of the coldest smiles, Jasmine had ever seen. "This is going to be fun," she leaned in closer and smirked. "I promise."
Vincent showed up merely fifteen minutes later, hopping out of the car, he slammed the door closed and quickly walked up to the front door. As he reached into his back pocket, he pulled out his keys and rested his other hand on the doorway. He jumped back in shock as he nearly fell into the house due to the fact that front door was open. Righting himself immediately, he looked into the doorway for a brief moment before calling out. "Jazz, baby you here?" he called out softly as he stepped into the house. He quickly headed towards the living room and was surprise to see the mantle above the fireplace cracked and broken. "What da hell?" he muttered softly as he looked at the damage. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out his cell phone and redialed Jazz's number while keeping his eyes glued to the mantle, while trying to tell himself that everything was alright, but deep down in his gut he knew that wasn't true. The phone picked up almost immediately. "Jazz, baby where are you?" he rushed out as he ran a hand through his hair as he started pacing the room.
"Now that is certainly a good nickname for her. I like that, Jazz." he paused in his pacing and narrowed his eyes.
"Who is this?" he asked bluntly.
"Surely you know, unlike your girlfriend." Vincent looked down at the ground for a moment, he could feel his rage building up in him slowly but surely.
"This is between me and-." The chilling laughter that she instantly released at his words set his teeth on edge.
"Wrong, fire boy. This was between me, Bonnie and the Salvatores. If you had stayed out of it from the start, I would have never knew your name or Jasmine's." she replied with a sigh. "Did you really think, that I wouldn't get you back for that stunt you pulled outside the school building. Did you really think I'd let you make a fool out of me and not get you back for that."
"She has nothing to do with any of this, Katherine. You want revenge come see me and-."
"No, how about you come and see me." she countered quickly. "You don't get to dictate this encounter, cause this time I'm-." Her sentence was cut off by a Jasmine's scream. Vincent instantly felt his heart seize up in worry as he listen to her scream and then break down crying. "You know, you probably should have trained her a little better."
"Where do you want me to meet-." Jasmine released another scream over the line as Katherine laughed and spoke up over her screams.
"I'm terribly sorry, I can't really hear you over this line."
"Where do you want me to meet you." he shouted as he felt a lone tear fill one of his eyes. The screaming stopped and he could hear Jasmine crying in the background. Katherine immediately got back on the line and spoke up.
"Down by the school," she paused and he could hear her saying something to someone. "I'm sure you know where that is, since you drop that other little witch off there every morning and pick her up eery afternoon."
"I can do that, and when I get there you're going to let her go right." he asked as he quickly starting rushing back outside towards his car.
"We'll see." The line went dead as she finished the statement, Vincent quickly opened his car door and jumped in. The car tires squealed as he sped out of the driveway, intent on getting to the school before Katherine got there. He really didn't care what happened to him, all he wanted was for Jasmine to be let go. That was his main concern. As he sped down the road, his cell phone went off. Yanking the object from his pocket he looked down at the caller I.D., he saw that it was Damon but decided not to answer the call. Besides he was probably calling because of the little fit he threw earlier that day when he dropped off Giselle earlier that day. He didn't have time to field his questions about why he was angry with Alexis. None of that matter now, all that matter was getting to Jasmine and making sure she was safe. Tossing the phone aside, he focused all of his attention back on the road before him and headed off.
Damon nearly broke his phone in frustration as he got Vincent's voicemail. "What in the hell man, why won't anyone pick up the damn phone." he dialed again hoping the other man would pick up, he had already tried Stefan three times and he still hadn't heard from his brother. He had to meet Sheriff Forbes at the precinct soon, before they went to the spot where the girl had told the police she would schedule a meeting with her stalker, which was actually the vampire that Katherine had made. Running a hand over his face, he took one another look over at Bonnie and the others before walking forward. They had finished the bonding ceremony and were now simply sitting down regaining their energy. Alexis noticed him looking over at them and lifted her hand to wave him over. He quickly zipped across the field till he was standing beside Bonnie's sitting form.
"Damon what is it?" she asked as she looked up at him.
"Sometimes has come up, do you remember that vampire that's been going around killing some girls here in town," he stopped and looked down at his phone wishing that Vincent or his brother would call him back or at the very least text him back. "I need to go."
"You aren't going alone are you?" Bonnie asked.
"I can handle it, besides I'm pretty sure Stefan or Vincent will call me back before the guy makes his appearance. Besides it's only a baby vampire so really. . ." he trailed off and shrugged his shoulders as he looked down at Bonnie. "Nothing I can't handle."
"Are you sure?" she asked again, he could see the worry in her eyes as she slowly pushed herself up from the ground, still weak from the bonding. Reaching out, he latched onto her arm to keep her upright and nodded his head.
"I'll be fine. You guys need to remain here. You are all weak enough as it is." he pointed out as he looked at her. "Now I wouldn't mind carrying you," he looked Bonnie in the eyes before looking over at Giselle and Alexis "But seriously you won't be any help to me if you're about to fall out. You need your rest alright."
"Okay fine I'll stay here." Bonnie stated with a nod of her head.
"Good. I'll call you when we get this bastard and then we'll focus on getting Katherine and her little crew to leave you the hell alone." With that said, he turned on his heel and sped off towards his car. He didn't want to be late, he wanted to take out this vampire before it had a chance to say the Salvatore name. He wouldn't put it pass, Katherine to have the person yell out that the Salvatores turned him or something like it. No, nobody needed that to go down. He just hoped that Stefan or Vincent picked up the phone and called him back.
By the time he made it to the precinct he was furious, neither of them had called him back and now here he was about to go and find this vampire without any real backup. Opening his car door, he stepped out just as Sheriff Forbes came out of the precinct furiously talking to some of her officers who were following behind her. "Damon, it's about damn time you got here."
"What's going on Liz, all you told me over the phone was that you-."
"If I stand out here and talk to you about it, we'll be late." she stated quickly. "Elena is going to need our help and we can't just stand here and talk about it."
"Elena!" he stuttered out in surprise as he looked at her. "Elena, the girl that contacted you earlier!" Sheriff Forbes turned and pointed out somethings to her men.
"Make sure the guns are loaded with wooden bullets and make sure that we have some regular ammo as well." Damon reached out and yanked her back around so that she was looking up at him.
"Elena was your contact."
"Yeah, she told me about this vampire that had been following her," Sheriff Forbes stated softly. "When you think about it, she does fit the descriptions of the other victims." Damon mentally went over every victim found and slowly nodded his head.
"Right, but when am I just being notified now." he nearly shouted in angry. Hell, none of this was making sense. Elena was staying at the manor she would have. . . "Damn." he muttered as Katherine's name popped into his head.
"We need to get moving, are you going to ride with me."
"No, I'll take my car." he muttered as he walked back to his car. "Just show me the way." he called out as he slipped into the car and slammed the door closed. Rubbing his forehead, he locked his hands around the steering wheel. "This is a fucking trap." he muttered softly as he lifted his eyes and watched as Sheriff Forbes got into her squad car and pulled off. Starting his car, he quickly pulled out behind her. "Answer your damn phones," he snapped out as he thought about his brother and Vincent, shaking his head he stared straight ahead. "Cause this bitch is pulling me into a fucking trap."
Stefan crouched low to the ground as he kept the deer in his sights, he carefully stepped over a branch of him as he maneuvered himself into a better position. Once there was a clear path between him and the animal, he raced forward. The deer barely had time to see him, let alone run before Stefan had tackled it to the ground and held it's struggling body beneath his hands. He felt his incisors growing as he held the struggling deer beneath him, the excitement from the hunt rushing over him. Just as he was about to bit down into his dinner, he heard a high pitch scream coming from the manor. Jerking his head up in surprise he listened again praying that he was only mistaken, however when another scream from Elena cut through the air. He knew that this wasn't a mistake. Abandoning his dinner, he rushed back towards the manor and bursted through the backdoors. He could hear Elena crying for someone to let her go in the living room, not really knowing what to expect he slowly inched his way towards the front. As he neared the living room, he saw a vampire holding a struggling Elena in front of him. Elena looked at him with tears rushing down her face as their eyes locked. After a moment, Stefan reluctantly tore his gaze from Elena and looked over at the vampire. "I'm only going to tell you this once," he muttered as he stalked forward his gaze now on the black eyes of the vampire that was holding onto Elena. He didn't dare look towards his girlfriend, because he feared he might actually lose his concentration. "Let her go." The vampire scoff at his words and shook his head.
"I can't do that." he growled out coldly as he pulled Elena's body even closer to his own. Walking forward, Stefan could feel his fangs dropping. It was obvious this vampire wanted a fight, and he certainly didn't have a probably giving this vampire what he wanted. However, he also had to make sure that he didn't make any sudden moves cause he couldn't allow this bastard to hurt Elena even more than he already has. Besides if he did hurt her again, in front of him, he'd make sure to drive a stake through the damn man's heart again and a-.
"Stefan look out!" Elena screamed out, jerking around Stefan jumped back barely dodging the fist of another vampire that had made an appearance behind during his standoff with the other vampire. Moving out of the way, he caught the vampire's arm and slung him into a nearby wall. The impact was so hard that the wall cracked and bits of the wall along with dust fell onto them. Stefan pressed his body against the other vampire, ensuring that he couldn't move then he reached down for one of the vampire's arms. Pulling it up quickly, he bent it at an awkward angle and heard the satisfying sound of bone breaking. The vampire released a loud yell and jerked out of his hold while swinging his good arm at Stefan's head. Stefan blocked it with ease and locked that arm in a hold while slamming his fist into the vampire's neck. Crushing his adam's apple and causing the vampire to gurgle out a scream that was barely understandable. He released the vampire and then watched as he fell to his knees clutching at his throat. Not wanting to waste anymore time, Stefan quickly flipped over the end table and snapped off one of the legs. Flipping it around so that the jagged edge pointed out, he shoved the stake deep into the vampire's heart. Tossing it aside, he barely spared his victim another look as he once again focused his attention on the vampire holding Elena.
The vampire studied him and then looked down at his now dead partner and sneered. Pushing Elena away from him, he raced forward intent on killing Stefan himself. Elena landed on the sofa and fell down onto the floor. She scrambled back a bit as her eyes stayed on the fight currently happening between Stefan and the vampire that attacked her.
Stefan watched as the vampire pushed Elena to the side while rushing towards him intent on killing him. As the vampire neared he sidestepped him and punched him in the back of head and watched as the vampire stumbled to the ground wincing in pain. As soon as the vampire touched the ground, Stefan was on top of him pummeling his face with his fist. Stefan focused all of his attention of the vampire beneath him so enraged over the fact that they had even tried to hurt Elena and him. His rage blocked out all the sound around him till all he could hear was a loud rushing noise that seemed to fit into his current actions of driving his fist repeatedly into the vampire's face. Once he was sure the vampire had been contained, he stopped and leaned back while looking down at the vampire. It took him a few seconds, to become himself again. Looking up, he glanced over at Elena who was watching him silently. "Elena go get my phone and call Damon and-."
"I don't think I can allow that to happen." a smooth feminine voice said cutting him off. Stefan stood up from his position and looked towards the front door and locked eyes with the witch that had been helping Katherine standing in his doorway with two more vampires. Seeing her standing there, immediately let him know that whatever was going on, Katherine was behind it. Turning towards Elena, who stood in front of the sofa completely frozen in fear, he shouted out.
"Run Elena!" The words had barely left his mouth, before the witch had snatched him into the air and pulled his body across the room. He closed his eyes and released a pain filled grunt as he was slammed into the bookcase so hard it broke and small slitters went into his skin. He barely had time to register that pain before he was thrown across the room towards the opposite wall. He heard Elena scream and forced his eyes open, only to see her being held once again by another vampire. The sound of the witch making her way towards him tore his attention away from Elena.
"Why are you doing this?" Why are you helping her?" he growled out towards the witch, his fangs biting into his upper lip as he looked at her. She chuckled lightly as she looked him struggling against her phantom hold. Stefan stared her down, ignoring the taste of his blood on his tongue. He didn't think it would be wise to take his eyes off of her. They stood there staring at one another silently before she turned and motioned for the vampire holding Elena to leave. Stefan's eyes widened as he watched the vampire carry a struggling Elena out of the house. Shaking his head, he looked back at the witch. "No, please. Just leave her out of this. Please. Do whatever you want to do to me just leave her alone." Stefan yelled out as he renewed his struggling against the unseen force that was effectively holding him up against the wall. As Elena's screams slowly faded, he looked back at the witch. "Please let her go."
"That goes against my orders," she whispered as she moved closer to him and stared up into his eyes as a slow smirk went across her face. "I can see why she still likes you." she lifted a hand towards his cheek, and Stefan quickly turned his head to avoid her wandering hand. "And as for your questions, I owe Katherine my life and that's why I'm here. To pay back my debt." Stefan just looked down at her then with hatred filled eyes.
"You might as well kill me now, cause when I get free I'm going to kill." he growled out angrily, as he realized that he could no longer hear Elena's screams or heartbeat.
"That's not apart of Katherine's plan, Stefan." she stated with a tired sigh as if this conversation were draining her of her energy. Stepping back away from him she looked around room as if in search of something. Despite the fact, that her attention was no longer on him, Stefan still found himself pinned to the wall unable to move. He watched as she walked over to the fireplace and bent down and picked up some ashes in her right hand. As she came back to stand before him, she held up her hand and looked him dead in the eyes. "Killing you isn't part of the plan, Stefan. However I do have to stop you from following us. Hopefully, Bonnie and your brother will be able to find you time. I think that the other witches will unfortunately be occupied with another pressing matter." Stefan stared at her in confusion, before his eyes widened in horror as she muttered some latin words right before slamming her hand that held the ashes into his face and mostly his eyes. At first he didn't feel anything, and then the most blindly pain started. It only took him a moment to realize that she had turned the ashes into pure silver. Tilting his head back he released a deep pain filled scream that shook the house to it's very foundation. He trembled in pain as he literally felt his eyes boiling and melting away only to grow again and have the same thing happen all over again. The pain of that alone was enough to make him cry out, he didn't even care that the skin on his face that had little silver bits in it was also burning up like any material would if acid touched it.
Elise watched Stefan struggle against her restraints crying out in pain, she turned her face away from his as the smell of burnt flesh assaulted her nose and filled the room with the odor. Making she that she was still mentally holding Stefan to the wall she walked over to his wailing form and spoke into his ear. "That's pure silver, Stefan." she whispered as she looked at him. "It can kill you just like a wooden stake can," she paused and looked at his face and took in the horrible disfigurement that was happening right before her eyes. "However, silver is a lot more painful than a stake to the heart." she muttered softly as she released him and watched as he fell to the ground. She quickly stepped over his body and walked towards the front door. "So tell me what do you think?" she called over her shoulder as she paused at the door to look at him one last time.
"I'll kill you." he screamed out in rage as he blindly swung out looking like a wild animal. She watched as he stumbled on his feet, his arm outstretched while knocking a lamp off the end table. Elise watched as it slammed into the ground breaking into jagged sharp pieces. "Elena!" he screamed out, as Elise slowly opened the door. She paused as she heard more items breaking in the room. Turning back around she looked at Stefan who was still struggling around in the living room, unable to see because of the silver wouldn't allow his eyes to grow back. "You know Stefan you better be careful in there. During your fight, you broke a lot of furniture and I wouldn't want you to fall on a jagged piece of wood and accidentally stake yourself. Katherine and I wouldn't want to take the blame for that, and your brother doesn't seem like he'd believe me if I told him you were just being clumsy during your last moments." she watched as Stefan turned his head towards her voice. He released a rather savage yell and charged towards her. Thinking quickly, she looked over at the vampire he had killed and mentally yanked the stake from his body and sent the sharp piece of wood soaring through the air until it stuck itself into Stefan's lower stomach.
Stefan felt the burning pain of something exploding through his gut, immediately afterwards his legs gave out from him under him and he dropped to the floor. He carefully lifted his hands to his stomach and felt a jagged piece of wood sticking out of him. He heard a light airy laugh and then, "Told you, you might have an accident." were the last words that Elise said to him before he heard the door to the manor close. Slumping back to the ground, he let his head fall back against the ground. He would have cried if his eyes were currently burning up in his face. All he could think about was Elena and what Katherine and that witch were going to do to her. As he laid there to weak to move, he heard the ring of his cell phone going off. Turning over, he slowly crawled across the floor in darkness in search of his phone. As he moved, he felt the wood pushing itself through his body even more. The pain hurt so much that he just stopped as he felt himself growing weaker and weaker. He slowly stopped moving a he slipped into a state of unconsciousness.
Vincent pulled his car into the high school parking lot and slowly climbed out of his car. Closing the door, he quickly allowed himself a quick look around to make sure that there weren't any of Katherine's people nearby to surprise him. Pulling out his phone, he took another look at the text message that Katherine had sent him a few minutes ago. Go to the place where we met for the first time. He frowned and lifted his head and glanced over towards the gym and slowly walked down to the field that was located behind the large structure. Every step he took, he found himself getting more and more anxious. If anything at all happened to Jasmine, he'd burn Katherine alive, bring her back and then do it all over again. He just hoped he wasn't about to be ambushed by her people. If she wanted to get back at him for what happened earlier, fine he had no problem with her trying but he didn't think he could protect himself and Jasmine if this did turn out to an ambush. As he walked around the gym, he could see Katherine standing on the hillside by herself with Jasmine in front of her. She remained silent, until he close enough to hear Jasmine's quiet crying. Katherine smiled at him, "I'm glad you could finally make it, Vincent." Clenching his jaw, he looked at her and then allowed his gaze to settle on Jasmine. He tried to tell her that everything was going to fine with his eyes. He wanted her to know that he would get her out of this mess. Once he was satisfied that he had conveyed all of his feelings to her, he turned back to Katherine.
"Let her go and-."
"I think you're confused, it must be all that spells you use. Do they deplete your brain cells?" she asked with a smirk as she studied him. "Let me make something clear, you are not in any position to make demands, Vincent. I thought, I made that quite clearer earlier, you know with the whole screaming and cutting of your girlfriend. Do you need a reminder?" Vincent tensed up as he remembered Jasmine's screams earlier when Katherine had talked to him early on her phone. He stepped forward and slowly raised his hands. Making sure that she saw his fingers were spread far apart, as he looked at the vampire standing before him.
"No. . . no don't hurt her. You're right. I don't need a reminder." Katherine smiled at his words as the faint sounds of sirens could be heard through the air. Vincent tried to keep the confusion off his face, until he remembered that Damon was working with the county's police. Relaxing a bit, he smirked at Katherine.
"You called the cops?" Katherine snarled out as she looked at him in surprise. Before Vincent could reply, she had pulled Jasmine away from her body and gave the younger woman a vicious slap. The blow snapped Jasmine's head back and she collapsed to the ground with a cry of pain. Katherine looked down at Jasmine's body and then back up at him. "Now that we're," she paused and stepped over Jasmine's body while keeping her gaze focused on him. "Alone, I guess I better finish you off and leave before the cops get here."
"Finish me off, bitch please." Vincent replied as he looked at her, his eyes hardening with rage over what she had done to Jasmine. "You'll be lucky if I'll end this quick but unfortunately for you I have absolutely no intentions on doing so," he stalked towards and watched with glee as Katherine took two steps back. Good, she was afraid of him. "You crossed the line, when you took her." Katherine sneered at him and shook her head in disagreement.
"And you crossed the line too. If you had only minded your business that night. None of this would have happened. You wouldn't be about to die and Jasmine wouldn't have dragged you into this at all." she carefully stepped back and tilted her head at him. "Did you really think, I wouldn't have devised a plan to get you back," she took the time to look back at Jasmine who still laid on the ground. "I mean really." Vincent's eyes narrowed at her words, rushing forward he drew his hand back and fired off a blast of fire so hot it stung his own hands. He was going to kill the bitch and then dump the body in front of Damon and Bonnie as a fucking gift. Katherine sped out of the blast zone and tossed an airy laugh over her shoulder and sped away from him with an ease that only vampire's possessed.
"Gosh you're so boring," she called out from a direction position on the field, Vincent turned around and frowned as he looked at her. "Are you a one trick pony, Vincent? Cause you're going to have to do better than that if you want me dead." Vincent only nodded his head as he looked at her.
"I only need one trick for you." he called out as he rushed crossed the field tossing out another blast of fire that hit Katherine square in the chest. Igniting her clothing on fire, she screamed out loudly and quickly put the fire out. Vincent smirked as she looked back up at him, he didn't wait for her to say anything else, instead he rushed forward fired off another blast.
Damon was mildly surprised when Sheriff Forbes pulled into the high school gym parking lot, getting out of his car. He looked over at Sheriff Forbes who was also at the moment getting out of hers. As he opened his mouth to ask her to let him go ahead of her, an ear piercing scream shattered the air. Sheriff Forbes turned away from him and began ordering her men around frantically. "I want you all to just aim at the vampire. Try not to hit Elena." she shouted as she reached into the backseat and pulled out her own shotgun. "Come on Damon we might be to late judging from that scream," she rushed ahead of him and Damon easily kept up with her stride. "I'll never be able to forgive myself if that's true." she admitted as they took off towards the gym. As they rounded the building, a large blast of fire erupted ahead of them and caught the side of the gym on fire. Damon grabbed Sheriff Forbes and forced her to the ground as the heat from the blast sent some of the metal sheets that were on the gym, to fly off. Once he was sure it was safe, he pulled her back up. There was another scream, and Sheriff Forbes whispered Elena's name and rushed around the building. Damon followed and felt his mouth drop open in surprise as he saw Vincent fighting with Katherine blasting fire her way. He had no doubt that Sheriff Forbes was telling herself that he was the vampire serial murderer. He heard a soft groan over the fighting and looked over to the side and saw Jasmine slowly pushing herself of the ground as if she had been hurt as well. At least now he knew how Katherine had managed to get Vincent out here by himself. The trigger being pulled on Sheriff Forbes gun pulled him from his thoughts.
"That's enough, vampire!" Sheriff Forbes shouted as Vincent raised his hand to again deliver another strike of fire. Vincent stopped and looked over at the police and Damon, and instantly let his guard down. Damon knew that the move was a mistake but he couldn't warn his friend. Katherine for her part, starting screaming and crying and calling out for Sheriff Forbes to help her, sounding very much like Elena when she was frightened.
"Oh cut it out." Vincent snarled as he moved towards her.
"Don't move."
"Liz, let me talk to him try to calm him down. This could turn out bad if-." Liz barely cut her eyes his way before she spoke up.
"This vampire has killed to many people already. The council wants him dead." she muttered to him under her breath as she aimed her gun at Vincent before shouting out her commands for the rest of her men. "Try not to hit the two girls-."
"Liz." Damon shouted just as she commanded her men to fire. Damon watched in horror as Vincent finally realized that the police were there to try and kill him, just as Jasmine released a scream and rushed towards him. Damon watched as Vincent pushed her back and raised a last second force field to protect her and then him. It was at this moment that Damon cursed his keen eyesight, because he could see that his friend and acted to late. The firing went on until every chamber was empty and then the officers slowly lowered their weapons and watched as Vincent dropped to his knees while holding his hands to this stomach. A thin trail of blood was already coming out of his mouth as he stared at Damon in horror.
"No!" Jasmine screamed breaking through the silence as she scrambled across the ground towards Vincent's side. Latching on this hand, she pulled it towards her chest as she looked down at Vincent and saw blood pooling in his mouth. Vincent looked back up at her and slowly lifted his hand up to touch her face. She didn't care that his hand was leaving bloody finger trails on her face, she just leaned into his touch and looked into his eyes and tried to blink back tears.
"Damon what is she doing?" Damon tore his eyes away from the scene and looked over at Sheriff Forbes who was staring at the display in utter confusion. He decided that he could use this to his advantage. Maybe he could get out there and tell Jasmine to get Vincent out here and some place where she could use her magic to help him.
"I don't know. She might be in league with him, but it doesn't seem she's as powerful," he reached into his jacket and pulled out a stake for show. "Let me go make sure he's dead and then we can deal with her." he muttered as he left Liz's side and walked across the field. As he neared the couple, he saw an officer helping Katherine up and draping his jacket around her shoulders. As they neared, Katherine paused in her crying and sent him a devilish smile, as she whispered under her breath so only he could hear.
"Checkmate." Damon didn't bother to turn around and watch her, instead he quickly walked the rest of the way over to Jasmine and Vincent. In the background, he could hear Katherine as she cried to Sheriff Forbes, telling her that Jasmine had helped Vincent. He heard Sheriff Forbes calling his name now in panic and knew that she was moments away from sending another hellfire of bullets at Jasmine. Moving over, he blocked Jasmine from view and raised his hands in the air.
"Can you heal him?" he whispered to her quickly as she looked up at him. Jasmine looked down at Vincent's wounds as Sheriff Forbes shouted for Damon to get away from them. As she studied the wounds she knew she could heal him, all she needed to do was to get him away from here. As she looked back up at Damon, she saw several officers with their guns drawn pointing at her. Looking back up at Damon she nodded her head. He turned then and looked back at Sheriff Forbes who was still shouting for him to get back. "Then you need to knock me away and teleport him out here." he frowned at her hesitation and spoke up his voice harsh and cold. "Do it quick and make it look real." Jasmine closed her eyes and decided that the closest place to go was Damon's house, with that location in mind she lifted her head and raised her hand towards Damon just as Sheriff Forbes screamed fire, no doubt trying to protect Damon. Closing his eyes as he felt his body fly across the field, Damon released a yell as he landed on three of Sheriff Forbes men. Thankful that during the brief moment of panic and confusion, Jasmine had managed to teleport herself and Vincent out of the area.
