1.18 – Undone

A chair hit the wall of his bedroom with a loud, satisfactory crashing sound as Damon panted, hardly noticing the destruction of his bedroom he had made with his complete and utter frustration at the shambles everything had quickly become. If Stefan had never come to town this never would have happened. Scratch that. If Katherine had never come, this wouldn't have happened. This was all her fault. It was always her fault. The fact that he never had a true family, that he had to make up this fake, ridiculous scenario to enjoy a semi-normal life. But, it had been nice, and he had the perfect little sister, who now would probably never speak to him again now that she knew his secret. Katherine was the one to blame, and she had to pay. Once and for all, she was finished. She was through. No more waiting around for sensitive Stefan to take his godforsaken time, today was her last day on earth, and he was going to be the one to drive a dagger through her heart, all with a smile on his face. Seconds later, he heard his phone buzz with a text message.

"You want to find Katherine? Then come and get her." –A

The text was accompanied of a picture of the back of Katherine's head, rushing though the nearby woods. So she was here after all. Damon wasn't exactly sure who this –A person was who had sent him the text, but at this point, it didn't matter. The fire in his eyes only grew stronger as he broke off a chair leg to use as a stake and strode confidently in an almost mad way towards the specific area of the woods.

Hanna was officially exhausted. She had been up the entire night previously comforting Aria after some blow up with Damon and Stefan, over what she wasn't exactly sure, Aria just wouldn't go into details. Plus, there was the fact that she was starting to feel extremely guilty for keeping her quasi-relationship with Damon a secret. Sure, it had started off with the two of them hooking up, again, and again, and again, in fact they could hardly keep their hands off of one another. But, now... she could just tell it was turning into something more. They had known one another for such a long time, and she really cared about him. Like, a lot, and she was sure he was starting to feel the same way. It was strange, he was the last person on earth she could picture herself with, and yet... now that she was faced with the prospect of having to end things, she couldn't bring herself to do it. Maybe A would just punish her instead, and that was something she could handle, right? Just as those thoughts were floating around in her head, she head the ominous buzz of her phone.

"Oh Hanna, now's your last chance, or you might be saying a more permanent goodbye to Damon, catch my drift? – A"

Hanna's heart raced as she read the message. Attached was a photo of Damon in the nearby woods, and she knew exactly where to find him, and what she had to do. She officially wasn't willing to gamble his safety, and did not want to even fathom what A had in store for him if she refused. She scrambled around her room, frantically searching for her things, and bolted out the door. Mentally preparing for her goodbye, she was surprised to find tears welling up as she walked briskly towards her destination.

Damon spotted her. Katherine, she was here. Thank goodness for that phantom texter, otherwise he would have missed his chance. Without a single hesitation, his face transformed into its ghoulish vampire state, and he bared his fangs at her. Taking the element of surprise to his advantage, he grabbed Katherine, pushed her against the nearest tree, and drove the stake straight through her heart. But, to his horror, before he could stop himself, the girl wasn't Katherine at all. It was just some girl, who happened to have some similar features. And, she was completely, and utterly, dead.

At that very second, he heard a loud gasp come from his left. Spinning around, his heart sank at the person staring right at him: Hanna. And, judging by the horrified expression on her face, she had seen everything. This was just not Damon's week. And then, she began to run.

Hanna wanted to run as far away from the sight she had just seen as physically possible. Her tears began to fall now, but mixed with a distinct fear instead. Suddenly, Damon appeared in front of her with a whoosh of air, as if he had come out of no where, blocking her path. "What is going on! Damon, what the hell just happened? What...what are you?" She searched his face frantically for answers, trying to hold back the tears streaming down her face.

"Hanna, calm down, everything is going to be fine." Damon took her hands, trying to soothe her with his voice. He had to fix this, he couldn't lose her too.

Hanna's voice seemed to only climb in frantic tones as he spoke. "Fine?! Fine? You just killed someone, Damon. They're dead. And what happened to your face, and how did you get here so fast... what is going on?!" She was completely flipping out, and understandably so, she had just gone through a great shock. It's not everyday she saw her quasi-boyfriend kill someone.

"This is seriously not my week." Damon muttered with a shake of his head. "Hanna, look at me, everything is going to be okay." He whispered to her as he brought her closer into a hug.

"Damon! How can you say that!" Hanna pushed back at him aggressively, still unable to process what had just occurred. "I need to get out of here." She shook her head as she continued to stumble back towards town.

"I'm a vampire, Hanna." He called after her, simply. Damon had given up fighting and postponing the truth. "Fangs, blood, the whole bit." He shook his head again, throwing his arms out with a shrug of his shoulders. But, his casual words didn't quite have the calming effect he was looking for. Her eyes grew even wider with horror as she stared at him for a minute, and then began to pick up her pace until it grew into a tearful run towards home. "Hanna, wait...!" He called, a frantic desperation in his voice as he sped up to her again.

"I need to get out of here." Hanna muttered to herself as she shook her head at him, unable to process all these emotions. If she hadn't just seen what she had, she would have thought he was crazy, and joking around, but she was positive he was actually telling the truth. He was a vampire. "Stop it, Damon! I can't do this right now. I just, I can't do this." She yelled back at him as she tried to walk away from him again, but this time, he let her go. She ran towards her house, unable to look back at the man standing completely broken at the edge of the woods behind her.

"You went too far..." Alison growled slowly at Katherine with a mix of pain and complete fury in her voice.

"Really? See, I was just starting to have a little fun. We could have had a really great night Alison." Katherine stood in the alleyway behind Mystic Grill with Matt's unconscious body held up by just the back of his shirt in her hand. He was bloodied and beaten, practically at death's door. Katherine sighed, and threw the boy at Alison's feet. "You were getting too attached to him, Alison. We can't have that. See what happens when you don't listen to me?"

"You did this as a lesson?" Alison spat back in horror, grabbing Matt and cradling him in her arms. Yes, she had been spending a lot of time with him, and maybe she was developing feelings for the human boy, but was that really that bad?

"You can't fall in love with a human, Alison." Katherine lectured, rolling her eyes, speaking from a wide depth of knowledge on the topic. "If you do, they'll eventually die, and then you'll want to die too, which is melodramatic and pointless. Or, alternatively, if you turn them to be with you forever, they resent you for eternity. Trust me, it's not worth it." She sighed, looking at her nails as she leaned against the alley wall. "So, either heal him or kill him, but let's get out of here, we've got a lot of work to do."

Alison looked at Katherine with a pure distain that was only growing stronger by the second. Matt was clearly struggling for breath in her arms, and the sight made her want to weep. "No." She declared defiantly. "You're willing to hurt me to get what you want? I'm out, Katherine. I'm done."

"You're done?" Katherine laughed at the girl. "Oh, come on Alison, heal the damn boy and let's go."

In rapid speed, Alison leapt up towards Katherine, and captured her neck in a hold, pinning her to the wall. Her anger seeped out of every pore in her body. "You went too far Katherine. I'm done." She pushed the woman against the wall again in a threatening manner before turning her back on her, picking up Matt, and walking away.

"What, you're just leaving? Yeah, okay. I'll be back, Alison, don't you forget it. I always get my way." Katherine yelled after her before speeding off into the dark.