AN: Hey readers I am back. Extremely sorry for the late update. That's why I got a long chapter for you. Thanks to everyone for reviewing the previous chapter. I hope you enjoy reading this chapter as well. Thank you!
Chapter 26: Evil Approaching
A deep and loud moan escaped my breath. Damon was touching my body in a way that every fiber of my being was on sensational fire. I threw my head back when Damon nipped on the sensitive spot on my neck. He was taking great pleasure in passionately making out with me. It's been a week since Damon and I got back together. Since the moment we patched up, Damon didn't leave me alone for a single minute. It was as if he was scared that if he lets me out of his sight then I might disappear in the thin air. I was fine with it for the time being. But soon I would need Damon to stop being my bodyguard twenty four seven. Because as soon as Elijah finds out anything about Markus, I'd have to make my move. But with Damon being so overprotective, I didn't even get a chance to call Elijah the entire week. All I knew was that, Elijah was still out of town. Probably in search of Markus. Well hopefully. I also heard that Kol went with Elijah. More like Elijah dragged Kol away with him because Elijah knew without him around, Kol was likely to cause a lot of trouble in town. Rebekah however was still in town and she was trying to be a perfect high school girl. Rebekah didn't interact with the gang much which was obviously a good thing for everyone.
"Damon." I called out his name with a low tone of voice. I wanted to get his attention and stop him from doing whatever he was doing to drive me crazy.
"Hmm!" Came Damon's response but he didn't stop putting hot open mouth kisses all over my neck and jawline.
"Tell me something, don't you feel uncomfortable being with me when I'm in a different body?" I asked not knowing why I was asking this question or why I haven't asked it sooner. But now that I've asked the question, I wanted an honest answer. Damon stopped devouring my skin and looked into my eyes. He was lying on top of me so he had to shift his body weight on one arm in order to caress my face with his free hand. As his fingers stroked my cheek affectionately, his eyes filled up with love and longing. Damon captured my lips and gave me a hard kiss full of emotions. Though the kiss was short lived much to my disliking.
Like I said before it has been a week since Damon and I got back together and we were inseparable since then. We also shared many romantic moments together such as right now. But our romantic moments were only limited to passionately making out. We haven't made love yet. Something was stopping both of us from going there. I was being hesitant at the thought of going through the pain of first time all over again and Damon, well I honestly didn't know what was stopping him. Though I suspected the reason to be my being in a different body.
"Would you have felt strange if I was in a different body?" Damon asked instead of giving me a straight answer. I didn't need to think about it and simply nodded my head truthfully. Damon sighed out heavily and looked away from my eyes for a moment before looking back again.
"Honestly, I do feel weird about it. But I'm trying not to let it matter. It's still you right and I love you. Even when you were in your own body, I loved you. Not just your body. Besides, I think you are more beautiful now. And I'm already getting used to of your new body." Damon said and planted a kiss on my forehead. I gave him a small smile but that didn't reach my eyes. Damon obviously noticed that. He realized I was getting worked up about this matter in my mind.
"Hey, don't start thinking unnecessary things." Damon's statement distracted me from my thoughts.
"I love you. I don't care which body you are in as long as you are with me." As Damon said that, a smirk appeared on my lips.
"So basically you're saying that you'd start making out with me even if I get into Jenna's body suddenly, right?" Damon raised his eyebrows at me as I asked him that with innocent tone of voice.
"Well in that case, I think I'd have to restrain myself. Wouldn't want Ric to drive a stake through my heart but I would try to get you out of Jenna's body as soon as possible. Because, it's literary impossible for me to stay away from you." Damon nuzzled his face in the crook of my neck and sent a ticklish feeling all over my body. It made me giggle. I playfully tried to stop Damon but it only made him crush his lips onto mine. We started kissing passionately once again. I was putting all my love for him in that kiss. Our lips were moving together in perfect sync. Damon moved his hand from my face to my chest. He cupped my covered breast with his warm palm. It made me gasp a little in the kiss due to unexpected jolt of pleasure in my body. Damon took the opportunity to push his tongue in my mouth. I grabbed onto Damon's hair and pulled him closer to me. Our kiss automatically deepened. But before things could go further my alarm clock went off.
I broke off the kiss against Damon's protest and felt a little sad about it myself. But I had to. There was a place called school where I needed to go. I pushed Damon off of me then quickly turned off the alarm. The time was seven in the morning. How time flies away when having a good time. I let out a heavy sigh. Damon was lying beside me on his back, not looking happy at all that I'd leave soon to go to school.
"Okay lover boy fun time over, I need to leave now." Damon groaned in protest and sat up on bed. He wrapped his arms around me from behind.
"I've a great idea, why don't you bunk the classes today and we could go for a long drive…out of town, just you and me. I'll tell Ric to take care of the formalities." Damon was trying his best to seduce me into giving into him. I smiled at him sweetly too, implying that I might be considering the idea.
"Yeah, it's actually a great idea but there is one little problem." I said in a seductive tone of voice. A low deep growl escaped Damon's breath. He started to brush his lips against my shoulder blade. It was making me dizzy but I didn't let myself get lost in his touches.
"What's that my princess?" Damon asked against my skin. I turned to face him in his arms and cupped his cheek affectionately. I brushed my lips against his mouth. Damon closed his eyes to feel the sensation more properly.
"The problem is, I am not going." Before Damon could realize anything, I was out of his arms and out of the bed. It startled Damon and he gaped at me. Ignoring that, I started going towards the bathroom to get a shower and then get ready to go to school. There was a lot to do and very limited time to do them. However before I could enter the bathroom, Damon used his vampire speed and was right in front of me in a blink of an eye.
"Come on Jacq, don't be such a bore." Damon whined like a stubborn child. I raised my eyebrows at him.
"Bore? Damon; I hardly attended any class last week because of you. Do you want the authorities to throw me out of the school?" Damon smirked as I said that.
"Well that's a nice thought. Then you will be with me all the time." I rolled my eyes at Damon and pushed him out of my way. I walked over to the closet to take out a suitable outfit to wear for the day. Damon understood that he can't talk me out of going to school. And the reason I was so eager to go was because school was the only place where Damon couldn't stick with me and I could deal with some secret matters. I really needed to talk to Elijah and find out what he learned about Markus. Hopefully he got something for me. Damon on the other hand groaned out looking highly displeased. Even his face had fallen. But I didn't change my mind.
"Fine, get ready. I'll drive you to school." Damon spat the school word quite bitterly. But that was not why I turned around to face him. I put my hands on my hips and tried to look intimidating. I narrowed my eyes at Damon but spoke up using a fake sweet and charming tone of voice.
"Damon sweetheart, aren't you forgetting something?" Damon furrowed his brows at me as I asked that.
"What?" He asked with a shrug of his shoulders. Damon looked genuinely confused which made me roll my eyes at him. I crossed my arms over my chest.
"Damon, you promised me last night that today you'd let me spend the entire day with others and let me catch up with them. Caroline will come to pick me up." Saying that at once I turned away from Damon. He looked highly pissed off to say the least. I found myself an outfit and started to make my way towards the bathroom when Damon spoke up again.
"Well Blondie can go to hell, I'm driving you school and that's final." Damon said stubbornly. I hated it when he acted like a possessive jerk. I've spent the entire week with him. Was it wrong of me to want to spend some time with my friends?
"The second thing is her name is Caroline. Stop calling her Blondie." Damon frowned at me with confusion.
"The second thing? What's the first thing?" I rolled my eyes to myself.
"The first thing is stop being so possessive and overprotective Damon. It's not healthy for a relation. See Elena and Stefan, Caroline and Tyler... they love each other as well, don't they? But I don't see Stefan and Tyler having any problem with their girlfriend's social life." Apparently Damon had his own argument ready on this topic.
"Well maybe that's because their girlfriends didn't go behind their backs and played sacrificial lamb to put an end to a great evil like Klaus. Or maybe because their girls aren't half as suicidal and crazy as you are. And it could also be the fact that their girlfriends aren't a walking danger magnet unlike you." Well everything Damon said was true but still he had to stop behaving like 'I am an antique glass doll and needs twenty four seven protection and security'.
"You know moments like these, I really wish I had stayed dead. Everybody deserves a second chance Damon." I said it sadly because I was indeed upset about it. I was pissed off as well but didn't react on that emotion. I didn't have anything else to say to Damon but wished that one day he'd understand that I hated being in a cage. Something Damon wanted for me very much. He may not be keeping me physically caged but he was trying to keep my mind imprisoned. And truth to be told, I wanted my freedom back. I loved Damon with my life but I couldn't endure being monitored and guarded like this. It was practically driving me insane lately. I had my face lowered and refused to look up at Damon. He stared down at me for a moment. Then I heard him sighing out heavily.
"Fine, I'll give you a second chance. But if you screw up with me again Jacq, I swear I will seriously keep you locked up in a cage for the rest of your life." Well it was better than nothing I suppose. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him in for a kiss that showed my gratefulness. Though I quickly pulled away before Damon could start kissing me back. If I had let it go on, I'd have missed school for sure. Damon pouted but I simply gave him an apologetic look. Then I finally went to take that shower. When I finished getting ready, Damon already left. He left a note behind saying, he was heading back to Boarding house and I'd have to stay over there with him tonight. Knowing Damon, he was definitely planning something special for the night. It brought a smile to my lips.
I didn't have to wait long for Caroline. She came just in time. After sharing a long tight hug, we got into her car and Caroline started driving towards school. "Do I have to ask or are you going to tell me?" I knew what Caroline was asking. I shook my head to myself.
"No, Caroline, we didn't have sex; yet." I cursed my face for turning bright red in front of Caroline who just grinned at me when she saw that.
"Come on give me the scoop, what were you two doing for last seven days?" I hummed a little to myself while thinking about it before answering the question.
"Well, mostly catching up with each other and re-growing our feelings." Caroline gave me a dreamy look.
"Awww that's so romantic." I couldn't help but smile at that. Afterwards I changed the subject.
"Anyway what's up with you guys? I've a feeling you have a lot to tell me." Caroline gave me a wide smile. I understood that she was itching to fill me up on everything as well.
"Well the latest and most sensational news is that Amelia and Rebekah had a fight." I kind of choked on my breath hearing that but Caroline didn't notice due to exceeding excitement. She kept talking.
"The day before yesterday Rebekah was showing off her amazing skills and moves at cheer leading practice. It pissed off Amelia and she did some juju on her and made her fall in front of everyone. It was quite embarrassing really." Caroline said with satisfaction in her voice. I understood that she didn't like Rebekah much like it was in the show.
"Caroline, this isn't sounding so thrilling to me. What did Rebekah do to Amelia?" I asked hoping not to hear anything too terrible. Caroline however shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly.
"What do you think Rebekah did? She attacked Amelia. But damn, Amelia was very strong. I bet all the practice she has been doing lately really strengthened her witchy powers. Amelia was actually able to force Rebekah to give up. It was quite a spectacular girl fight, I must add." I shook my head to myself hearing Caroline but then something struck in my mind.
"Hold on! Did you just say that Amelia defeated Rebekah in a fight?" Caroline nodded her head with a smile, looking proud actually. I knew Caroline and Amelia became friends again so naturally Caroline would be happy that Amelia won a fight, not to mention against an original, no less. But I was being serious about this.
"Caroline, you do realize what you are saying right? Rebekah is an original vampire, thousand years old. Even Bonnie can't take down an original." Caroline sighed out a little and gave me a serious glance from the corner of her eyes.
"You should know Jacq that right now Amelia is a lot more powerful than Bonnie. Ever since she was kidnapped, her powers have increased. Amelia not only defeated Rebekah, she did some serious damage to her. Stefan and I had to tear Amelia away from Rebekah to stop her. Truth to be told, we're actually quite worried about Amelia's fast increasing power. She's too powerful for her own good. Not to mention Amelia lacks in controlling, so it just added one more reason for us to be worried about her and the people around her." I sighed out heavily realizing I needed to talk to Amelia as soon as possible. Everything I heard seemed alarming to me. I should find out what's going on with her before it's too late. I also realized that I shouldn't have detached myself from the world for one long week. So many things I've missed.
Caroline parked the car in the school parking lot. Just as we got out, Bonnie and Elena approached us. They both hugged me and I hugged them back as much enthusiastically. "I've missed you guys so much." I said while pulling away from Bonnie. However, Elena laughed a little teasingly to what I said.
"No, you didn't. You were too lost in Damon to miss us." Bonnie agreed with her right away. I just shook my head to myself and smiled off their accusation. Soon Tyler, Jeremy and Jamie came over to us. While Tyler and Jeremy gave me tight, almost bone crashing hugs, Jamie only gave me a light hug. We were yet to get close. We talked about unimportant things for a while before Tyler and Caroline went off to do something. Bonnie and Jamie headed towards library to do their homework which left me with Elena and Jeremy.
"You guys remember how the three of us used to come to school together. I miss those moments" said Jeremy reliving the past memories. I agreed with him.
"Yeah, things were great back then, a lot less complicated in my opinion." I said as I snaked one arm around Jeremy's arm and intertwined other arm around Elena's arm. And the three of us started walking together. A sibling moment, like we used to have. Even though I was no longer their sibling. It never felt like that though. I meant I've never felt not being their sister.
"We could have that back again" said Elena more to herself than to us. Both Jeremy and I looked at her and she looked back at us. Elena gave us a small smile indicating how much she wanted that. Before we could talk further, suddenly someone called out Jeremy's name. We all looked up to find Anna approaching us. She came up to me and gave me a friendly hug. Then she embraced Jeremy and gave him a small kiss on the lips.
"How is your mom Anna?" I asked about Pearl. I haven't seen her since the night we saved Rebekah.
"Mom's out of town right now. But she'll be back soon." I nodded to her.
"We have to go see Alaric, see you guys later." Saying that Jeremy shared one last hug with me, for the time being, then he went away with Anna. It was just me and Elena. I looked at her as Elena waved her hand at the walking away couple with a bored look on her face. I waited till Anna was out of earshot then turned to Elena with my arms crossed over my chest.
"Hey Katherine!" I said with casual tone of voice. Katherine titled her head towards me a little and gave me a coy smile.
"What gave me away Jacq? I was able to fool everyone else." She said proudly. I rolled my eyes to myself and sighed out heavily.
"I can always tell the differences between you and Elena; Katherine. By the way where is she, your doppelganger I mean?" I asked and Katherine groaned out with a bit of irritation on her face that she tried hard to hide. I got my answer right away though.
"Let me guess, being love birds with Stefan." Katherine rolled her eyes to herself.
"What else could she do but that." Katherine tried to mask the bitterness of her voice as well but failed miserably and didn't really care much about it either.
"You aren't here to just attend classes on behalf of Elena, are you?" I asked teasingly. Katherine gave me a disbelieving look.
"Are you crazy?" I shook my head innocently, making Katherine roll her eyes at me.
"Well then what are you doing here-" I stopped in my sentence and narrowed my eyes to myself before focusing my gaze back to Katherine.
"Don't tell me Damon send you here to keep an eye on me." Katherine just shrugged her shoulders and gave me a look that said- 'what can I do about it, don't be mad at me'. I rolled my eyes at her.
"And why the hell are you doing chores for Damon above all people? Are you BFF's now?" Katherine crunched up her nose which made me smirk.
"Well this is the only way I could talk to you without your boyfriend hovering over you. We need to talk like right now." This time I frowned at Katherine with confusion.
"About what?" I asked seriously not knowing what she wanted to talk about but Katherine rolled her eyes at me thinking I was playing dumb.
"Come on Jacq, stop playing dumb with me. Who is Markus?" I tried not to choke on my own breath but I couldn't help but gap at Katherine.
"How did you know about-?" As soon as I asked I knew the answer to my own question.
"Amelia." Katherine nodded her head confirming my assumption.
"Who else did she tell this to?" I asked straight away, sounding very impatient about it.
"She didn't tell me anything." I frowned at Katherine with confusion again. She inhaled a deep breath and proceeded to explain everything.
"Well the other day Elijah had asked Mason to take out Klaus's coffin from the cave. Naturally Mason told me about this. Elijah had only said to Mason that Klaus wasn't safe inside of the cave anymore so he wanted to hide him in the witches' house. I had followed Elijah to the haunted witch house and saw Amelia there as well. She helped Elijah hide the coffin. I eavesdropped in on their conversation and heard the name Markus who apparently wants to kill Klaus. Now I don't know why you hid this information from everyone else and just told Elijah about it but I want to know what you know Jacq." I sighed out heavily and surrendered before the clever vampire. I knew that Katherine would find out everything sooner or later anyway and with or without my help. So I decided to tell her myself. I looked around us carefully.
"Not here, come with me." We found an isolated corner in the school building where no one else could hear us.
"Actually Katherine, the truth is I don't know anything about Markus. He wasn't in the show. But I know this that he is the oldest werewolf on earth and somehow he is still alive today. Elijah is searching for more information on him. As much unbelievable as it sounds but Elijah too doesn't know anything about him. Markus is a mystery for us that we should solve soon because for some unknown reason, he is after Klaus." I told Katherine the rest of the things I knew but hid one thing from her that Markus wanted me as well along with Klaus.
"If he kills Klaus then all of us will die with him. That's why Elijah hid the coffin in the witches' house." I nodded my head to Katherine as she understood the sensitivity of the situation.
"Which brings me to think; why the witches helped Elijah hide the coffin? They want Klaus dead as well. It doesn't make any sense." I said that more to myself than Katherine who obviously didn't know what I was talking about.
"What do you mean?" Katherine asked curiously. I inhaled a small sharp breath.
"Look Katherine, around this time in the show, Stefan had stolen four coffins from Klaus, four coffins bearing Elijah, Finn, Kol and Ester in them. With Bonnie's help Stefan was able to hide them in the old witches' house because the hundred dead witches wanted Klaus dead as well. But this time clearly we are hiding Klaus to keep him safe. So, why are the witches helping us now? Does it make any sense to you?" Katherine shook her head slowly.
"No it certainly doesn't." I exhaled a deep breath, suddenly feeling restless for some unknown reason.
"Where is Ester's coffin?" I asked suddenly remembering about it.
"They hid it as well along with Klaus's" replied Katherine.
"Good." I said while running a hand through my hair and letting out a heavy sigh. I leaned against the wall opposite of Katherine who seemed lost in deep thoughts. I observed her for a few moments before I spoke up again.
"What are thinking?" I asked curiously. Katherine looked up at me and it seemed that she figured out something interesting.
"You said that the plot is changed now right?" I nodded my head to the question.
"What's new about it?" I wondered. Katherine narrowed her eyes to herself.
"Well maybe now it's not Klaus that the witches want dead anymore. Maybe it's Markus now. Maybe that's why they helped us with hiding Klaus. Maybe their motive changed as well along with the plot line." It was quite possible but still it didn't sound right to me. The Bennett witch line or Ester would never want Klaus alive. Then something clicked into my head.
"Or maybe they are not the same witch spirits who helped Stefan in the show. It's possible that they are not even in the house this time. Perhaps these are other witch spirits who must want Klaus alive for some reason. I have a feeling they might be Amelia's ancestors' spirits. I swear I'm sure that there is some connection between Amelia's ancestor witches and Markus. I don't have any proof of course but I've a strong feeling about it." Katherine only nodded her head.
"Amelia is quite a powerful witch for her age." Katherine suddenly said more to herself than to me. Then she looked straight at my eyes and said-
"I don't think we should just sit around and do nothing when certainly something bigger and dangerous is going on out there." I agreed with Katherine but what the hell could we possibly do when we knew nothing about who we were really up against this time.
"I'm sure Elijah has found out something about Markus by now. I agree that we shouldn't just sit around and do nothing but we also shouldn't do anything stupid. And making a move against our enemy without knowing anything about him would be nothing but an idiotic action. Not to mention we don't even know where Markus us." I said and inhaled a deep breath to relax my anxious mind.
"I'm afraid there's nothing we can do right now until we hear from Elijah first." Katherine nodded her head in understanding.
"We should go to class otherwise, Alaric would call Damon and tell him that both of us went missing." I shook my head to myself saying that as we started walking towards the classroom. I really wished Damon would stop being like this. Stop hovering all the time. Not giving me any space at all. I knew and understood that Damon was scared about losing me again but damn it, he was taking everything too far for my liking. A heavy sigh escaped my chest as I realized that that wish of mine may never come true. Damon may always remain so overprotective. In that case all I could wish for was patience. Cause hurting Damon was the last thing I wanted to do.
Third Person's POV
It was seven in the evening. Jeremy and Matt were busy serving the customers and taking their orders. The rest of the group was gathering around in the Grill as well. Damon and Alaric were obviously in the bar on their regular seats. Alaric looked around but didn't find the person he was looking for. Jenna gave him a smile when their eyes met but she wasn't the one Alaric was searching for. Alaric smiled back at his wife before looking back at Damon.
"Hey where is Jacq?" Alaric asked curiously. He was actually surprised that Damon let the girl out of his sight for the first time after an entire week.
"She is hanging out with Katherine. Apparently trying to repair their friendship which was damaged a bit for some inconvenient actions from both of their sides" said Damon however Alaric still didn't get the answer he was looking for.
"And you just let her." Alaric asked rather curiously. Damon took a lot of drinks in one gulp before speaking up again.
"Well Jacq indirectly asked me to give her some space. And the last thing I want to do is piss her off. But I'm not keeping her unprotected. Katherine is constantly filling me up about what they are doing?" Alaric sighed out heavily and shook his head to himself. Damon noticed that and frowned at his friend.
"What?" asked Damon furrowing his brows at Alaric. Ric contemplated for a moment whether or not he should tell Damon what he wanted to say to him for quite some time now.
"Come on tell me Ric, what you have on your mind?" Damon pushed Alaric knowing he wanted to say something but couldn't decide whether he should or shouldn't. At last Ric decided to blurt out what he was itching to tell Damon. Alaric looked at Damon in the eye first.
"Well this is definitely going to sound like a lecture to you but honestly Damon this isn't any way to maintain a relationship with someone." Instantly Damon started to regret pushing Ric into telling him what he had on mind.
"Whatever you mean Ric, I am sure I don't wanna know." Saying that Damon rolled his eyes to himself. But Alaric wasn't ready to let go just yet.
"How long do you think it'll take for Jacq to become insane due to your over protectiveness? How long it will take before your extreme possessiveness gets on her last nerve?" Damon glared at Alaric when he said that but it didn't stop him. Even though Alaric wasn't wear a resurrecting ring anymore but he didn't fear speaking up to Damon.
"We all know how Jacq is. She hates to be controlled and absolutely loathes to be deprived of freedom. She isn't saying anything right now because she probably doesn't want to hurt your feelings anymore but that doesn't mean she likes what you are doing to her now. If you keep behaving like this Damon then soon you'll lose her again and this time it will be your fault." Damon was having a hard time not to just snap and break Ric's neck. He glared at Alaric dangerously.
"It's none of your business Ric." Growled out Damon through gritting teeth but before he could say more another voice spoke up.
"Alaric's right Damon, I think it's time you should stop being such an overprotective jerk" said Jeremy Gilbert. Damon instantly threw a glare at his way that Jeremy returned without a second thought to it. Damon didn't let any of them near Jacq in last seven days. He didn't even let them talk to her. Damon may love Jacqueline a lot but that didn't mean he gets to keep her all to himself. Everyone else missed hanging out with her as well. Tyler specially was quite pissed off at Damon for this attitude of his. It just wasn't right to keep Jacq away from everyone else.
"What's wrong with you people? Can't you see I'm just trying to make sure that she doesn't do anything stupid like she did before? I am sorry if my method sucks but I'm not ready to lose her again." Saying that Damon finished his drink in one gulp and walked out of the Grill. Both Alaric and Jeremy watched his retreating back with hopelessness.
Later the same evening, Jeremy was taking out thrash bags to the dumpster at the backside of the Grill. The place was going to close for the day soon and the stuffs would go back home. Matt was cleaning up inside. Tyler was with him. He was waiting up for Matt and Jeremy to finish up. The three has planned to hang out at the Lockwood mansion afterwards since Mayor Lockwood was out of town for some business purpose. Jeremy who was alone at the moment, opened the lid of the dumpster and dropped the thrash bags inside. When he turned around to leave, suddenly he felt weird as if someone was watching him. Jeremy looked around but saw no one. He didn't dismiss the weird feeling though and got alarmed. Thankfully he got a wooden stake in his jacket pocket.
Jeremy started to walk to go back inside but again something strange happened around him that stopped Jeremy in his path. It forced him to look around more properly. Jeremy looked over his shoulder but nothing was behind him. However when he looked ahead again, Jeremy came face to face with a man. He was tall, dark and got a serious evil vibe coming from him. Jeremy didn't waste anytime to drive the wooden stake through the man's heart. However it did nothing to him. Neither the man turned pale nor died. He simply smirked and pulled out the stake from his heart. The would instantly healed almost like a vampire. But the man wasn't a vampire for sure otherwise the wooden stake would have killed him for sure. Then what was he? Jeremy started to step back from the man. The man on the other hand stood still. He pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped out the blood from the stake. It confused Jeremy to no limit when the man started to observe the curves of the stake closely. He looked impressed with the crafting work. Once he was done checking the stake, the man started to approach Jeremy with steady confident steps. He got piercing blue eyes that stared right into Jeremy's eyes.
"Did you make this stake?" The man asked with a very casual tone of voice. Jeremy for some unknown reason couldn't speak up so he just nodded his head.
"Hmm" said the man with a wise look on his face. He looked straight into Jeremy's eyes once again.
"Where are my manners? My name is Lauren. You must be Jeremy Gilbert. Nice to meet you." The man named Lauren extended his hand towards Jeremy who only looked at the hand but didn't take it.
"Who are you? And how do you know me?" Jeremy asked sounding both suspicious and tensed. Lauren dropped his hand getting that the kid won't shake hands with him. He just smiled at Jeremy's alarmed look.
"Correct me if I am wrong, you are friends with Jacqueline, aren't you?" Jeremy got more alarmed and suspicious about the guy.
"What do you want with her?" Jeremy asked trying to sound tough and strong. Lauren sighed out a little but the unnerving smile never left his lips.
"Personally, I want nothing do to with her. But I do have a message to send to her and you'll be my messenger." Jeremy frowned in confusion.
"What message?" Jeremy asked and before he could blink, Lauren picked him up from the ground and threw him at a wall nearby. Hitting the wall Jeremy landed on the ground with a thud. Being only a mere human the hit threatened Jeremy to lose his consciousness. Lauren was over to him within seconds. Jeremy's head was bleeding already. He picked Jeremy up from the ground and forced him to stand up. Then Lauren put an envelope in Jeremy's jacket pocket and loosened the grip on his throat. Jeremy half conscious, half unconscious couldn't stand on his feet properly. He lost balance and fell over but the wall behind him did let him fall on the ground. However, Lauren wasn't done with Jeremy. He still had the stake with him. Lauren aimed it towards Jeremy's beating heart and within seconds he punctured Jeremy's chest with it.
On the other hand Matt and Tyler were waiting up for Jeremy. He should have come back already. "What's taking him so long?" Matt asked more to himself than to Tyler.
Everyone else including the stuffs and manager had already left the Grill. It was just Tyler and Matt inside. They were really looking forward to their little boys' night and sleepover. But with Jeremy not coming back, they started to get a little worried. "I'll go check up on him and see what's taking him so long" announced Tyler and he got up from his stool.
"Should I come with you?" Matt asked but Tyler told him to relax and he went out alone. Tyler got out of the Grill through the backdoor and looked around for Jeremy. He spotted him quickly enough but what he saw shocked him to no limit. A man was holding Jeremy by his neck against the wall and he had plunged a stake through Jeremy's heart. Tyler quickly ran up to them but before he could shove the man away from Jeremy, the said guy dropped Jeremy and gripped Tyler's throat instead in a blink of an eye. The grip was bruising and it was hurting Tyler a lot. Tyler struggled to shake off the man but he was way too strong. However, he wasn't a vampire. Tyler could tell due to his werewolf senses. Lauren inspected the new boy closely who found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Lauren knew the kid was Tyler Lockwood but he wasn't in the mood of introduction anymore.
"You are lucky we don't kill our own kind kid" said Lauren which certainly confused Tyler. Before he could think or say or do anything, Lauren threw Tyler away. He too hit the wall and landed on the ground. But Tyler wasn't hurt much thanks to his werewolf strength. He stood up on his feet fast but the man was already gone from there. Tyler ran to Jeremy to find that he was already dead. Hastily, Tyler called Matt outside. When Matt got there he was absolutely shocked to find out what had happened. Tyler was covered in Jeremy's blood by then because he had pulled out the stake from Jeremy's chest. Tyler and Matt both checked the resurrecting ring on Jeremy's finger. The man was definitely something supernatural, so Jeremy should come back to life soon. It was the only thing good about the entire situation.
"I should call Elena" said Matt and Tyler just nodded his head.
Jacqueline's POV
I was running down the hospital corridor. Katherine was closer behind me. We were trying to contact Elijah when Damon called me not only to make sure if I was alright but he also demanded that I go to the Boarding house right away. I understood that something was wrong right away. I called Caroline and found out that Jeremy was attacked. Katherine drove us up to the hospital as fast as possible. Almost everyone was there in front of the ICU room. Elena was crying and Stefan was trying to comfort her as much as possible. Everyone looked worried especially Anna.
"What happened?" I asked Anna holding her hand. Tears were flooding her eyes.
"A werewolf attacked Jeremy and killed him." Anna could only manage to say that in between her sobs.
"If he wasn't wearing his resurrecting ring, Jeremy would've died today" said Matt putting a hand on Anna's shoulder as a comforting gesture.
"How do you know it was a werewolf?" Katherine asked and I had the same question on my mind.
"He said that I am lucky that they don't kill their own kind" said Tyler and obviously that was how they figured out that it was a werewolf who attacked Jeremy.
"But why would a werewolf attack Jeremy?" asked Jenna with disbelieve in her voice. She was looking pale with fear. Fear for Jeremy and Alaric was looking worried sick too. I sighed out heavily wondering myself why exactly a werewolf would try to kill Jeremy?
"Hasn't anyone give him vampire blood? It'd heal him quickly" said Katherine and sounded concern really however Elena glared at her.
"As if you care what happens to him." Elena snapped at Katherine. And Katherine also threw a glare back at Elena. They should really stop hating each other after such a long time working together as a team but it was just a wishful thinking. Katherine gave me a look that said clearly that she can't stand Elena and just walked away from there. I sighed out heavily and didn't say anything at all. However, when Stefan and my eyes met we shared a knowing look with each other.
"I gave him my blood. He should be completely healed soon" said Anna to dissolve the tension in the air that suddenly took place. Right then Meredith came out of the room where Jeremy was lying unconscious. Elena hurriedly went up to her.
"Is Jeremy alright?" Elena asked anxiously. Meredith nodded her head.
"He is absolutely fine. He'd wake up soon." Meredith's eyes fell on me and she gave me a small smile. I smiled back at her for the sake of politeness.
"Jacqueline, nice to see you again." She said with a formal tone of voice. I just smiled at her again.
"Would you mind coming to my cabin, please, I have something to tell you." Saying that Meredith walked away. Everyone was looking at me with questioning eyes. Obviously they were curious about what Meredith had to tell me that she needed to speak with me alone. I knew I'd be asked about it later.
"I'll be back in a moment, excuse me." Saying that I quickly left from there and entered Meredith's cabin.
"Dr. Fell is everything alright?" I asked. Meredith handed me an envelope in reply. I frowned in confusion while taking the envelope.
"What is it?" I asked wondering about it. My name was written on the envelope so clearly it was for me.
"I found it inside Jeremy's jacket pocket. I've a feeling that this envelope has something to do with Jeremy's attack tonight." Meredith explained and I nodded my head to her.
"Thanks Dr. Fell." I said and tucked the envelope inside my jeans pocket. I couldn't open it at the hospital where anyone could see me reading it. I must read it when I'd be completely alone.
"Please call me Meredith." Meredith said to me. I nodded and after giving her a small smile I walked out of the room. When I got back to the others, I found Damon there as well. I would've liked to think, he came to visit Jeremy but knew it wasn't the case. Damon came up to me fast when he saw me.
"What are you doing here? I asked you to come to the boarding house." I couldn't help but narrow my eyes at Damon.
"Damon, are you serious? Jeremy was killed tonight." I said, my voice was laced with light anger.
"Exactly why you need to be with me right now so that I can watch over you properly and make sure that you are safe." This time I seriously glared at Damon but he also glared back at me. I inhaled a deep breath and squeezed my eyes shut. I was really trying to restrain myself with difficulties not to yell at Damon in front of everyone. I let out the breath I was holding in to keep my calm and looked back at Damon who was still giving me an angry look.
"I'm going home right now and I am going to stay home alone tonight." I said firmly but Damon had to protest against it like I thought he would.
"No, you are not" said Damon stubbornly. I didn't say anything to him and started to walk away from there. However, Damon followed me and grabbed my arm to stop me from walking away from him.
"Don't you dare walk away from me" said Damon furiously. I turned to look at him with an enraged glare as well.
"Damon don't." I snapped at him angrily and yanked my arm out of his grip. Damon was about to lash out on me but Stefan came there in time.
"Would you two please stop? This isn't a time for all these." He looked at Damon first.
"What is wrong with you Damon? You are taking away her life from her in the name of protection. Stop being such a control freak before it's too late brother." Damon grimaced when Stefan said that and also glared at him. Stefan then looked at me. I thought he'd tell me to be understanding of Damon but thankfully he didn't.
"Come on Jacq, I'll take you home." I protested against it right away.
"Stefan, you should be with Elena right now." But Stefan looked right into my eyes that made it clear he wasn't gonna take no for an answer.
"Elena wants me to drop you home. She'll be fine without me for a while. Bonnie and Caroline are here with her." I just nodded my head, agreeing to go with Stefan which enraged Damon more. He glared at us both. Honestly I was getting tired of his behavior. Damon glared at us for one last time before walking away from there. Stefan then drove me to my house.
"Thanks Stefan." I said softly then sighed out a little with sadness. It had only been a week since Damon and I got back together and things have already started getting bad between us. I guess my relation with Damon would never be sunshine and rainbows. It'd always be a bitter sweet relation. Stefan however understood what was upsetting me and he decided to talk to me about it.
"Damon is really giving you a hard time, isn't he?" I looked up at Stefan for a moment then looked away and nodded my head slowly. I sighed out loudly this time.
"Being Damon's lover isn't an easy job at all." I chuckled lightly in the end to add a little humor in it.
"True but it's because he loves you like crazy Jacq. He never loved anyone like this before and never will." I looked back at Stefan again.
"I know Stefan. And I love him too. It's just, he wants me only to himself and I want to be with others as well. I don't want to drop my friends because of my boyfriend. Damon should understand it. Is it too much to ask?" Stefan shook his head.
"No, it's wrong of him to want to isolate you from the rest of the world. I know it won't work but I'd try to knock some sense into my brother. But Jacq-" His gaze intensified more this time as he spoke up.
"You too need to give him assurance that you won't do anything to endanger your life again. He isn't being overprotective for no reason at all. You have to admit that somewhere it's your fault too that Damon is being like this with you. You have to regain his trust back and not break it ever again." I just nodded my head. I knew Stefan was right. Damon was being overprotective because of my own past actions. I must try to make Damon trust me again. It was the only way. But then what about my plans of going to Markus? That would break his trust again. Gosh, why was everything so complicated? I guess I just have to postpone the attempt of regaining Damon's trust back. Well at least until the Markus chapter isn't closed for good. Stefan's voice snapped me out of my inner thoughts.
"Jacq, what are thinking?" I quickly made up an excuse.
"I was just thinking how would I earn Damon's trust back? It won't be so easy." Stefan gave me a smile though his eyes said that he knew that I was hiding something from him.
"Don't worry everything will be fine" said Stefan with assured tone of voice.
"I should get inside now. Thanks for the ride Stefan." He gave me a light nod of his head and I got out of the car. I closed the door behind when Stefan called my name. I doubled over to look at him.
"Yes Stefan?" He stayed quiet for a moment. It seemed that he wanted to say something but he said something else instead.
"Take care Jacq and don't hesitate to call me if you need me." I flashed him a smile.
"I won't. Good night." After that Stefan drove away and I got inside the house. I quickly turned on the lights and pulled out the envelope from my jeans pocket. I tore off the sealed envelope and pulled out the letter from inside. I unfolded it quickly being quite impatient to read what was written inside the letter. I thought that it'd be a long letter but there were only a few words written on the paper. Though they were troublesome nonetheless.
"I AM COMING TO GET YOU JACQUELINE."
And in the end there was a sign from Markus himself. I sighed out heavily and rubbed my palm over my face due to the tension I started feeling. Just as I thought my fear was coming true. I didn't want Markus anywhere near Mystic Falls but that was exactly what was happening. Markus was coming to Mystic Falls to get me and probably Klaus as well. What would I do now? How could I stop him? Damn, I didn't even know him. Could things get more fucked up for me? Given my fate, of course it could. While I was having this inner turmoil in my mind, the lights of the house suddenly started to turn off and turn on almost like horror movies. It snapped me out of my thoughts and I got alarmed immediately. Markus can't be here so soon, can he? Suddenly the lights turned off for a long time. I swear it was too ghostly for my liking. I ran for the door to get out of the house but the lock was jammed. No surprise there. I was trapped inside the house with god knows what. Then suddenly all the lights turned on again. I felt someone's presence right behind me. My heart started to beat loudly against my chest. I slowly turned around to face the person. And when I saw who it was standing there right in front of me, my eyes went wide and a loud gasp escaped my lips.
"You!"
AN: Okay so this is it for now. Sorry for the grammatical mistakes and spellings. Please read and review. I am always looking forward for your response. Love, hugs and Kisses :)