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Foremost I just wan't to say Ian Somerhalder won Male Hottie at the Teen Choice Awards. HA! Take that Pattinson and Bieber. You can't beat the SMOLDERHOLDER!
Okay so I am really sorry for not updating sooner, I had a lot of shit going on these last couple days. I want to adress something that people seem to be wondering. No Damon is not hallucinating. I know that a lot of you were wondering about that. I would like to thank all of you who leave reviews and for the people who favourited and alerted or I guess now followed my story. It's really great everyone so thanks.
Damon
I continue to suck the blood from the woman's body. I barely register her body start to become limp in my arms until the blood becomes nearly impossible to draw. I pull away and look on in horror as the girl stares back at me with unseeing eyes. I drained the life out of her and now she is dead.
I killed her.
I look down and feel relief at the fact that no blood was spilt on the carpet. I look to my right and left, making sure no one was there to witness this. I gently put her down so she was sitting on the ground with her back against the wall.
I quickly go in my room and put on my shirt, making sure to take my car keys out of my jacket. I go back out into the hall and make my way to the dead girl. Carefully I lift her up over my shoulder and run with her down the stairs and out of the building undetected.
I make my way to my car and pop open the trunk, depositing her inside I slammed the trunk shut. I get into my car and start it up, trying to get far enough away so I can get rid of the body. I drive around aimlessly for around twenty minutes before I finally find myself on a dirt road with no cars around.
Pulling off on the side of the road I get the girl out of the trunk and throw her over my left shoulder while I pick up the shovel that I always conveniently have in the back of my trunk. I make it a good distance away from the road before I start digging.
Ten minutes later the girl is buried and I'm on my way back to the inn. Before I go back, I make a quick stop at a grocery/clothing store which is open twenty-four seven. I'm glad because I don't think many stores would be open at five a.m. I make my way to the clothing section and cringe at the no name brand clothing.
Shuddering I pick out the sexiest underwear and bra they have, which is not very sexy. They all look like granny panties. Man I shouldn't have ripped off Elena's clothes. I make my way down the aisle towards the shirts. At least some of them look half decent.
I pick out a top that says "To save time just assume I know everything." It was a grey top with pink lettering; ha this top is very fitting for Elena. I continue to make my way down the aisle and turn right to get to the shorts. I decide to go with some blue jean short shorts instead of jeans because damn Elena looks good in short shorts.
I smirk at the dirty images my mind conjured up of those long legs wrapped around me.
Shaking my head I make my way to the men's section and take some dark blue, almost black jeans from the hanger. I walk to the tops and pick out a black t-shirt. Shuddering again at the thought of wearing this I make my way to the cashier.
Placing the items on the counter, I sigh as the pimply teenager takes his time placing his porn magazine down on the chair he was previously sitting on. Slowly he began to put each item through at a painstakingly slow pace.
I watch him raise an eyebrow at the women's clothing. He looks like he is going to make some comment so I just glare at him, making him look down.
"Eighty-two dollars and sixty-four cents." The boy squeaked out, his voice cracking from puberty. I smirk and hand him the money for the clothes. I put the bags in the passenger seat and make my way back to the inn.
I let out a relieved sigh when I see that Elena is still asleep. I strip out of my clothes and make my way to the bathroom. I step into the shower and turn the water on. I know that if I don't shower than Elena will smell that girl all over me and I don't want her to know that I killed someone.
I used the little complementary shampoo and conditioner bottles because I am a complete idiot and forgot to buy that at the store. After taking a nice relaxing shower I wrap a towel around m and look stand in front of the mirror.
I whip the condensation off of the mirror and stare at myself. None of that girl's blood or scent is on me. I am completely clean. I walk back into the room and look at my dirty clothes on the floor. They probably smell like the girl also… Damn.
Sighing I look at the disgusting clothes I picked out at the store and shuddered. Hesitantly I walk over to the clothing, loathing the moment I have to put it on. I let the towel drop and quickly put on the pants and black sleeveless top. Whoever invented the term quick and painless is a liar. This is more than painful for me.
I need to get my designer clothes a.s.a.p.
I turn towards the bed and gaze at Elena's sleeping form. I smile at the peaceful expression gracing her features. I go and get my clothes that I discarded on the floor and leave the room to throw them in the garbage outside of the inn.
I let myself back into the room and make my way back to bed. Now that I'm clean as a whistle I can lie back down next to Elena.
All of a sudden my entire world goes black.
Elena
I awake to the feeling of someone tracing intricate patterns on my back. I smile as I realize its Damon. I give a content sigh as he begins to kiss my shoulder. I keep my eyes closed, not wanting to disturb this peace that has settled over me.
"I know you're not sleeping anymore Elena." His velvety voice whispers against the skin of my shoulder. I smile as I realize my cover has been blown. I turn my head to the right and stare into Damon's striking blue eyes.
I let a pout grace my features as he stops tracing patterns onto my back. The pout quickly turns into a smile as he leans in and kisses the pout off of my lips. He pulls back and gets off the bed. I watch as he makes his way to a shopping bag that is placed on the sofa.
When did he go shopping?
He pulls out what looks like woman's clothes. I smile as I realize that he must have went out and bought me them.
"I'm going to take a shower first." I say as I throw the covers off of me and make my way to the bathroom naked. I hear Damon's whistle and couldn't help the smile that lit up my face. I feel my ego and self-confidence rise exponentially.
The shower was quick seeing as I don't have any of my essentials. I quickly rinse off and wrap the towel around my torso. I walk back into the room and see Damon looking out the window. I furrow my eyebrows as I notice it's nighttime.
Wow I must have been asleep for a while.
"What time is it?" I wonder aloud, as I make my way to the clothes Damon laid out on the bed. I let the towel drop as I slip into the panties. I look over to Damon who is still staring out of the window.
Clasping on my bra I slip into the shorts and button them up.
"Ten p.m." He sounds distant, like his mind is far away. I frown as I slip on the shirt and make my way over to him. I wrap my arms around his midsection from behind. I feel him tense as I lay my forehead in between his shoulder blades.
"What's wrong?" I whisper against his leather clad back. He doesn't say anything, so I take my arms from around him and put my hand on his shoulder. I tug on it, forcing him to face me.
I place my hands on his neck and stare into his sapphire eyes, trying to understand what is wrong with him.
"Stefan needs us back at the boarding house." He takes my hands off of his neck and walks over to the door, holding it open for me. I am extremely confused right now. After what happened, I expected Damon to take a lot longer than now to start talking to his brother.
"Why?" I ask him, as we make our way to the front desk. He doesn't get the chance to answer me as he begins to talk to the old lady at the front desk. He gives her the room key and she gives him back some money. I wonder how long he planned on staying here for.
After he got everything settled, we made our way to his car. I climb into the passenger seat as Damon starts the car up and we make our way back to the boarding house. The Mystic Fall's inn was on the outskirts of Mystic Fall's so we had a ways to go.
"It's starting." I look at him like he has two heads. What the hell is he talking about? What's starting? Ugh vague much? I guess my expression gave away my irritation at his lack of an answer because he let out a sigh.
"Remember the story I told you about how the kitsune would possess the children and make them do some pretty horrific things." I felt my stomach drop, dread filling my entire being. I hope he's not going to say what I think he's going to say.
"Well apparently Matt was opening up the grill earlier today and some girl ripped out her tongue ring." I feel sick to my stomach at the images that sentence conjured up. How can someone rip out their own tongue ring?
"That's not all." I think I caught a hint of fear in his voice and that scares me more than anything. Damon is never afraid and this has to be serious if he even has an inkling of fear in him.
"Sheriff Forbes contacted Stefan. She said that there have been more cases around town like this. A lot of kids are acting out, attacking their parents and some mutilating themselves like that girl in the grill." I don't know what to say or even think about what he just told me.
None of this is right.
This is just wrong on so many levels. How could something be that evil as to make kids do those kinds of things? We sit in silence for the rest of the ride to the boarding house. When we arrive I notice Bonnie and Caroline's cars sitting in the driveway.
We get out of the car and make our way inside. Everyone was situated in the parlor room. Jeremy and Bonnie are sitting on the love seat, Caroline, Tyler and Matt on the sofa and Stefan is standing in front of the fireplace.
I feel happy knowing that Tyler is okay and not affected by Klaus inhabiting his body.
Everyone turns our way as we enter the room. I take a seat on the single sofa. Damon makes his way to his beloved drink cart and pours himself a drink.
"Let's get down to business. What else do you know?" Damon's voice penetrates the silence that fell onto the group. I frown as I notice that Damon sounds detached. He has been this way ever since I woke up this morning and I don't like it.
"I know what it is that's controlling them." Bonnie was the first one to speak up. We all look to her expectantly. Her face is twist in disgust, so I have a feeling it's not going to be pleasant.
"I thought it was the kitsune controlling them." I speak up, I don't understand what she means since Damon already told us the stories and he said that it was the Kitsune's that possess the children.
"Yes, the kitsune is controlling them, but they aren't doing it directly." I'm guessing that this is all news to the others too because they are also giving her a perplex look. I'm not going to lie; I am really confused right now.
You could practically hear the wheels turning in all of our heads, trying to figure out what she means by they aren't controlling them directly. Are they using some kind of mind control? Wait that would be directly though. This doesn't make sense.
"Then what is controlling them?" Stefan asked from his place near the fireplace. I look back over to Damon who is casually leaning against the drink cart, sipping on his drink filled to the rim with bourbon.
"Well I bumped into that girl at the grill who ripped out her tongue ring and I saw this thing." Her voice held disgust and fear. I look around the room and notice how everyone looks scared and nervous except for Damon. He looks like he doesn't give a fuck which contrasts with the fear he shown in the car earlier.
"What thing?" Stefan demanded Bonnie, his voice holds no fear only curiosity. This conversation seems to be between Stefan and Bonnie because they are the only ones calm enough to talk. The rest of us, well except Damon seem to be too confused and scared to ask questions.
"Well I asked Emily what it was and she gave me a name." She paused there, looking around at us each and individually. The pause definitely made the tension in the house palpable.
"She said it was a Malach." She spit the word Malach out like it is poison. I feel a shudder run through my body at the name. It even sounds disgusting.
"Do you know what it looks like?" This time it was Damon who asked the question. By the look on Bonnie's face I have a feeling she does know what it looks like.
"It is a tentacle like creature. Emily said this creature spreads a virus in them and they can grow from the size of a pin head to a size big enough to swallow your whole arm." The way she describes it makes me sick to my stomach. I've never been a person to get queasy over things, but this is just too much.
"It supposedly wraps around the spine." She continues to explain this thing to us. So that thing is in people's bodies and is controlling them.
Too much, this is all just too much.
"How do we know one of us isn't possessed?" Caroline manages to get out since she is literally hyperventilating on the couch. I'm in the same boat as her because all of this just seems so impossible.
I thought the biggest problem we would ever have to deal with is Klaus, but now we have to worry about kitsune's and malach's.
It's just too much to handle.
"Well I guess I could touch each of you and see if I get an image." Bonnie explains as she makes her way over to Caroline. I watch in fascination as Bonnie goes up to Caroline and touches her on the back of her neck.
She closes her eyes and scrunches up her forehead in concentration. I watch the relief wash over Bonnie's face as she takes her hand off of Caroline.
"No malach." She whispers to her, I watch as Caroline lets out a sigh of relief and slumps back into the couch. I smile at her, happy that she's not infected.
Bonnie makes her way to Tyler next. I'm more worried about him because if Klaus is controlling the kitsune and he was in Tyler's body than maybe Tyler might have it. My worries were quickly dashed away when Bonnie shook her head no.
I feel my heat stop as she makes her way to Jeremy. I hope to God that he is not infected. I don't want my baby brother to act like those other kids who are mutilating themselves. I wish we would have left Jeremy in Denver.
All this is just too dangerous for him. I tremble as I intently watch Bonnie put her hands on his neck and close her eyes. He can't be infected. I need him to be safe; he's the only family member I have left.
I can't lose him.
My whole body sags in relief when Bonnie lets out a dazzling smile. I realize that Bonnie was just as scared as I was. I watch the relief wash over my brother's face as Bonnie moved onto the others.
It went on the same for Matt and Stefan and before I knew it, she was standing in front of me. She puts her hand on my neck and closes her eyes. I hold my breath which is really not necessary, but it's a human habit that's hard to break.
I wait in anticipation for Bonnie's reaction.
Wouldn't we know that we have this malach creature in us though? I mean it's kind of hard not to notice a tentacle creature crawling into your body. Just the thought of that thing in my body makes me let out another shudder.
The image of a creature burrowing into my body and wrapping around my spine makes me want to claw at my back.
I let out all the air that I held in. Bonnie was pulling back and she has the same expression as when the others were deemed not infected. She gives me a smile and then turns towards the drink cart.
"Um where did Damon go?" Bonnie asks, voice sounding clearly puzzled. I whip my head to look at the drink cart where I swear I saw Damon less than five minutes ago.
But Damon wasn't standing at the drink cart. He wasn't even anywhere in the house, as I listened with my vampire enhanced hearing.
Damon was gone.
A/N: Please read this. Okay well first I want to tell you all that if you want to know what the Malach looks like the link is on my profile. That thing is creepy. Anyway I was also wondering If you all want me to add that new vampire hunter into this or if you already like where this is going and not want me to add him. Also I know Julie Plec said at comic con that the kitsune won't be in the show yet. Anyways please leave a review telling me how much you either hated it or liked it.