BC = Thank you.
I really liked V-Wars even if I watched it first because of Ian Sommerhalder. I thought it had an interesting premise with the mutations. A little it reminds me of Van Helsing, though not quite as apocalyptic, which is also a good vampire series.
And I find Elijah great, he's such an interesting character.
Because of the other points, I don't know yet where the story leads at this point.
Chapter 2
For the next few minutes, Jimmy could neither believe nor look away from the bloodbath that was happening before his eyes.
Jimmy knew that Bloods were stronger and faster than normal humans but now they looked slow and badly outclassed compared to Elijah.
Elijah tore with ease hearts out and heads off; his strength was unbelievable as he tossed Bloods through the factory hall. He killed them with a quickness that Jimmy could barely follow and with a nonchalance and pitilessness that made Jimmy's blood freeze. In Elijah's actions was no hesitation and no mercy.
Jimmy was not the only one who watched all this with a sick fascination. He couldn't see Ava's face who still stood between them and the Bloods, but the way her shoulders slumped down as it got with every minute clearer that nobody of the Bloods would survive this fight, told him everything he needed to know.
Damon, on the other hand, watched the fight - Jimmy hardly wanted to call it that - with a smile that made Jimmy shudder. "I had forgotten how enjoyable it is to watch an Original fight when it is not against you or your friends. You can say what you want but they know how to make an impression."
Finally, the unequal fight was over. The few injuries that Elijah had sustained healed in a matter of seconds before Jimmy's incredulous eyes.
Elijah looked indifferently at the slaughter he had committed before he walked to Ava, who immediately backed afraid away. "Sit in this chair, don't move and don't talk."
Ava obeyed with jerky movements. When she sat down, Jimmy could see her face for the first time. It looked deeply shocked, absolutely terrified and there were tears standing in her eyes.
Elijah approached at first Jimmy, who instinctively backed away from him too but Elijah ignored this. He teared casually the chains from Jimmy's hands and caught him as he started to fall to the floor. With a consideration that he had not shown to the Bloods he brought Jimmy to an armchair that was nearby and let him slide gently into it.
Then he placed another armchair next to Jimmy and went back to Damon to free him from his handcuffs too. This time Jimmy could watch as Elijah teared the chains apart as if they were paper, carefully catching Damon and helping him to the chair.
"Are you okay?" asked Elijah worried.
"Never felt better", replied Damon sarcastically.
Elijah looked at Jimmy who just nodded; he was alright but at this moment he felt not capable of speaking.
Elijah unbuttoned his bloody shirt before taking it off. He used it to wipe the blood away from his torso and arms and then he dropped it carelessly. "I'll be back in a few minutes. Perhaps I can find a few bandages and other things in the car I came with."
Damon and Jimmy remained silent as they waited, both of them glad that they could sit down and recover from their ordeal.
When Elijah came back, he had washed off the blood and was clean, had changed his clothes and was holding two bottles water and a first aid kit in his hands. "Who gets treated first?"
"Me", answered Damon. He didn't think Jimmy wanted to be touched by Elijah right now. Before he could take care of Jimmy, he had to think of himself first.
Elijah only nodded, placed a bottle in front of Jimmy and started treating Damon. His hands were secure and careful as he took care of Damon's injuries.
Jimmy drank the water thirstily and watched Elijah. He could hardly believe that this was the same man, who had caused such an incredible massacre among the Bloods.
Damon was a little surprised himself when finally the shock started; he went pale and started to tremble. Sometimes he really missed being a vampire.
Elijah went to his jacket and pulled a flask from the inside pocket of the jacket and gave it to Damon. "A drink?"
"Thanks, I can use that." Damon took a deep sip. "Good bourbon. Do you want a drink too, Jimmy?"
"Yes, thanks", answered Jimmy hoarsely, who had regained some control of himself again. When Elijah held the flask out to him, he accepted it without hesitation.
"Can I take care of your injuries or do you want to wait until Damon feels better?" asked Elijah softly. He was used to the shocked reactions of people who had seen for the first time what he was really capable off; he did not resent Jimmy's negative reaction.
"No, it's ok, you can do it", replied Jimmy and took a deep breathe to prepare for the discomfort while his wounds were being cared for.
Elijah made sure that he moved slowly and that Jimmy could see every movement as he treated him. To his surprise, Jimmy didn't back off or flinch even once.
Elijah had already noticed that humans dealing with Bloods had become tougher and more hardened. It was as Damon had already said; humans had gotten better at surviving.
In the end, Elijah palpated Jimmy's rips and Jimmy suddenly coughed. When Elijah looked at him, he noticed fresh blood on Jimmy's lips. "This is not good, you have broken ribs and one of them pierced your lungs."
"I know but there is nothing we can do", answered Jimmy resigned. "The nearest hospital is too far away, I don't believe I will survive this."
Damon looked pleadingly at Elijah, not wanting to lose another friend to the Bloods.
"There is a way to heal you but for that you need to drink my blood", Elijah explained, he didn't want to force Jimmy to do anything.
Jimmy looked uncertain at Damon, who nodded reassuringly. "It will help you."
"Will I become your kind of vampire?" asked Jimmy hesitantly.
Elijah smiled. "No, not from this. It is a first step, nothing more and the last step is ultimately your choice as long as no one intervenes."
Damon looked down, Stefan had intervened and made this decision for him. "It will not change you, you remain human."
Jimmy decided to trust Damon and Elijah. "Okay."
Elijah took a pair of scissors from the first aid kit and cut his wrist open before holding it out to Jimmy, again leaving the choice to him.
Jimmy took the wrist and drank Elijah's blood. He immediately felt the effects, the pain subsided and his injuries healed. He heard a surprised gasp and when he followed the noise, he saw Ava looking at Elijah with big and awed eyes.
"Why don't you heal Damon, too?" asked Jimmy confused.
"It wouldn't work", answered Damon quietly. "Remember what I told you about me turning back to a human. The cure prevents me from being healed by the blood of a vampire or being turned back into a vampire."
"Which is why it would be a good idea, Damon, if you would refrain from baiting your enemies in the future", admonished Elijah.
"Yes, I am in favour of this too", remarked Jimmy smirking.
"Sure, join up against me." Damon rolled his eyes. "We have to go before someone comes over. We don't want to get caught from the police or other Bloods."
"But first, we have to know where to go." Elijah eyed Ava dispassionately, his face unmoving. "You may speak."
"Who are you? What are you? How can you do that? And why do you call him Damon?" asked Ava every question that came to mind. Somehow, she felt that this was her last chance to get answers.
Elijah and Damon exchanged looks; a silent communication took place between them and then Damon nodded.
Elijah got a chair, placed it in front of Ava and sat opposite of her. "Are you sure, you want answers to your questions, love? The more you know, the less I am inclined to let you live and already now I find it very unlikely that you will survive."
Ava went pale when she heard the coldness in Elijah's voice and there was something completely inhuman in his eyes. This man was more frightening than Calix ever had managed to be, he didn't bother with threats or intimidation, he simply told the truth. "Yes, I want to know."
Elijah shrugged. "It is up to you! My name is Elijah Mikealson, I am a vampire and an Original. Which means I can heal humans, have increased physical abilities and can compel you to do everything I want." Elijah looked at Damon. "And I call him Damon because it is his true name with which he was borne 200 years ago."
Ava opened her mouth and then closed it again, at a loss for words.
"You can say, we are old enemies but I like him a lot more than I like your kind. By the way, you are not a vampire, you and your kind are a mutation. You have to be undead to be a vampire."
"Undead?"
"Yes, I died a very long time ago. However, you are alive, perhaps you will have a few more years than humans do but you will grow old and you will die. I on the other hand will live forever and remain unchanged."
"And how old are you?" asked Ava timid.
Elijah smirked. "I am over thousand years old; I was born as a Viking. My family came to what today the United States are when I was but a child."
Jimmy choked on the water that he was drinking and started spitting.
Damon laughed amused. "He really doesn't look like it, does he?"
"As I was so gracious to answer your questions you will now answer mine." Elijah looked in Ava's eyes and compelled her. "You will answer every question we ask completely and honestly. If you think there is something, I should know although I didn't ask you, you will tell me. I am understood?"
"Yes", answered Ava obediently.
"Good. Do you know where Damon's son is?"
"In a private lab in New Orleans."
"Oh great", said Damon and rolled his eyes.
Elijah sighed. "Indeed." He looked at Ava pityingly. "You are a very unlucky girl. It looks like you will meet my brother and he is not as pleasant as I am. He likes your kind even less than I do."
"Not as pleasant?" asked Ava dumbfounded.
Elijah only smiled at her and there was nothing pleasant about it.
"What's the matter?" asked Jimmy bewildered.
"Klaus lives in New Orleans", answered Damon morosely.
"I would have preferred to not involve my brother in your son's rescue but there is no way that he won't notice us coming into town and freeing Damon's son. After all, he is the king of New Orleans and if I attack a laboratory he will get curious."
Elijah sighed again. "And he gets tetchy, when someone keeps secrets he thinks he should know about, especially if they are mine. And honestly, there is no reason why I shouldn't tell him." Elijah looked at Damon, asking him for understanding.
"He is difficult enough to manage at the best at times but if I keep this away from him it will anger him and he will get very ill-tempered."
"And an irritated Klaus is no fun", agreed Damon wincing.
"If he learns that the Bloods have secretly set up a laboratory in New Orleans and are experimenting on a child, Damon's child to boot, his reaction will be..." Elijah winced too. "Let me put it this way, he will first take it out on you, then on the laboratory and finally he will go after the rest of your people."
Elijah looked at Ava. "And he will get help when he goes after the Bloods, the supernatural part of this world is not very happy with your species."
"But you said, that Damon is an old enemy of yours", replied Ava anxious.
"He may be but my brother is a father too. And he always liked Damon's candour."
"So New Orleans?" asked Damon.
"New Orleans", replied Elijah smiling. "Is there anything here, you want to take with you?"
"No, my people took everything with them. Damn, which time it is?" asked Damon nervous.
"It is too late", answered Jimmy. "Don't worry, they know where to go, when they need help."
"Yes, they do." Damon breathed deeply. "Let's go."
"Let's go", agreed Elijah and helped Damon up. "You are lucky; I stole a SUV so you will have enough room to stretch out. I don't think it would be very pleasant for you to sit all the time."
Jimmy stood up too. "What about her?"
Elijah looked at Ava. "You come with us. You will do whatever one of us tells you. You will not try to escape and if we meet others of your kind, you will not warn them or give them a sign that anything is amiss." He smiled at her. "You know now what I can and will do to them."
Ava swallowed and nodded.
"Well, then off to New Orleans", said Elijah smiling. "But we have to make a few stops on the way."