The Salvatore Home
Zoe clung to her dad too afraid to let go of him.
"Everything is going to be fine Princess, drink this it will make you feel better." Damon said and handed her the glass of water and a pill that was on her nightstand. After Damon and Cayllum came home he walked with Zoe up to her room with Aslan next to him and took her straight to her bathroom where he ran her a warm bath. Hearing her soft sobs through her close bathroom door while he waited in her room really crushed his heart just the thought of what could have happened if he didn't find her in time and now Bonnie is in the hands of Melinda. Damon never felt so helpless in his life. When Zoe was done, she called for him, he went in and gently dried her off, wrapped her tightly in her towel, picked her up like a little baby and walked her to her bed where he tucked her under her covers.
"Daddy please don't go." Zoe pleaded in a sad little voice. Her big emerald eyes pleading with him to stay with her.
"I really don't want to leave you Princess but I have to. I still have to take Amy to the police station and report everything." Damon said but, in his heart, he knew he was going to handle Amy his own way and not involve the police.
"Why did she do it daddy." Zoe said as fresh tears rolled down her face.
"She is evil. There are so much evil in this world Princess but I promise you this as long as I still have life in me, I will never let any evil come near my family." Damon said.
"I was so afraid daddy. I thought I was going to die. I thought I was never going to see everyone again and I prayed so hard for forgiveness. I prayed for Amy's soul and for mine and for everyone I'm leaving behind." Zoe said as tears streamed down her face.
Damon put his arms around his daughter and hugged her trembling body tightly. "It was not your time Zoe there are still so much good you have to do in this evil world. You offered your life to safe the lives of your brothers and God saw that. He sees the good in you. Your mother always say God gives the hardest journeys to his strongest soldiers, and you my daughter are one. You know I'm not the religious type I only go to church because your mother makes me." Damon said with a chuckle. "But that doesn't mean I'm blind to the miracles and good that still exist around us."
"I love you daddy. I love you so much." Zoe said.
"I love you too Princess, always. Now, try and get some rest. Kenzie will sit you." Damon said and kissed her softly on her forehead.
"Daddy where's mom?" Zoe asked in a sleepy voice when Damon was about to shut her bedroom door behind him. The pill he gave her must be kicking in. "Mom will be home soon Princess. She will be here when you wake up." Damon said and swallowed his tears back.
"Okay daddy please wake me up when she gets home." Zoe said before she closed her eyes drifting off into a deep sleep.
When Damon closed Zoe's bedroom door behind him Dylan and Kenzie were waiting for him outside. "Dad, how is she? Is she okay? Did they hurt her?" Kenzie asked deeply concerned.
"Who would kidnap her again. I mean does Zoe have this invisible sign around her neck that says, kidnap me that only the kidnappers can see. I say the hell with the police let you and me deal with them dad, give me a gun." Dylan said with heated eyes.
"Keep your voices down your sister is sleeping. I will answer all your questions later but for now Kenzie I need you to sit with your sister and please no questions let her rest. Dylan where are the twins? I told you to look after them."
"They are safe with Abigail in their room playing. Kenzie called her she couldn't find mom on the phone." Dylan said quickly.
"Okay hold the fort Dylan I have to go to the police station your mom are on her way call me when she gets here." Damon lied. He quickly walked away from them before they can bombard him with more questions.
He walked to the twin's room. The two cuties were playing with their blocks while Abigail was sitting on a chair watching them with a soft smile on her face. Damon stood there in the doorway tears silently rolling down his face. What if Gabriel can't track Bonnie or any of the women's phones. How will he look his kids in the eyes and tell them their mother is never coming back home if Melinda gets her way. Damon's biggest fear is failing, being a failure. Giuseppe called him a failure everyday and Lord knows he tried hard not to be. He can't afford to lose Bonnie. She is his life. His lifeline. The reason he is not a failure. Damon wiped the tears from his face sigh softly and made his way downstairs to his study where the other men were waiting on him.
Cayllum jump to his feet from his chair when Damon walked in. "Damon you need to let me go with you I know Melinda better then anyone of you and believe me this time I will kill her myself."
Gabriel the tech guy was sitting behind Damon's desk busy on his laptop with Stephen standing next to him his eyes in deep concentration on the screen. Dr Hendy were busy putting a bandage around Jack's head. Amy was sitting in a trance like state on the couch a glass of whisky trembling lightly in her hand.
Damon ignored Cayllum and walked to Dr Hendy and Jack. "How does it look doc?" Damon asked.
"The bullet is out. He is very lucky. That metal plate in his head saved his life Damon."
"Bomb explosion in Afghanistan two of his men died Jack survived the explosion with a head injury. The bomb splintered his skull they had to put a plate in. Good thing the bitch didn't know about that." Damon said and turned to Gabriel and Stephen. "Did you find anything?"
"We are almost there Mr Salvatore. I have connected a signal to every cell phone tower in town and nearby towns I'm just waiting for it to pick up something." Gabriel said.
"How is Zoe?" Stephen asked.
"She's a fighter just like her old man. I gave her the pill you gave me she is sleeping now." Damon said.
"It will do her do good. Amber and the girls are on their way with Anna and Francois. Stewart is also coming. I think it will be good that their altogether. Who knows how many people Melinda have working for her or what else she has planned." Stephen said.
"Good its better that way." Damon said.
"Damon did you hear me? I have to go with you. She almost killed Zoe today and who knows what she got planned for the women. Melinda is twisted she likes to play sick mind games with a person's head first before she takes them out. She is crazy Damon. Crazy and very dangerous."
"Tell me something I don't know." Damon said and put his hand fatherly on Cayllum's shoulder. "I need you here to help Dylan keep the fort with us all gone who is going to protect everyone here and Zoe will need you when she wakes up Cayllum, be here for her. We can handle Melinda. Now go and not a word to anyone."
When Dr Hendy was done with Jack he walked over to where Amy was sitting with a glass of water in one hand and a pill in the other hand. "Drink this, it will help calm your nerves." Dr Hendy said softly. He felt deeply sorry for the young woman and he was worried about her mental state.
"Thank you, doctor." Amy said and smiled up at him through her tears.
"That better be poison Hendy." Damon said.
"I am not a doctor of death Damon. She did something wrong but she's still a human being who needs medical attention."
"Do what you must Hendy. She's dead to me anyway." Damon said with cold eyes.
"And who made you the judge of that Damon? My wife and unborn child are out there too. I know what you went through today and I can only imagine what it must have felt like coming so close to losing your children and your own life but I am begging you Damon, please, no more bloodshed. When will it end Damon? When?" Dr Hendy asked. He looked like a broken man shoulders slumped.
"Tell me this Hendy, if Kate and your unborn child dies today will you still show mercy to this woman or Melinda. Will you clean their wounds and bring them back to life?" Damon asked bitterly.
"Yes, I will Damon, I took an oath as a doctor that I will honour and obey till the day I die. I'm not their judge and neither am I their executioner. I'm just an instrument and if its in my power to help them I will." Dr Hendy said with tears in his eyes. "That's just who I am my friend."
"No one is going to hurt her Hendy." Stephen said and gave Damon a warning look.
Gabriel cleared his throat to get everyone's attention on him. "You know I got two years in the pentagon for hacking into one of the government's top secret programmes. I only did six months got out early for good behaviour, now I'm just hacking my ex-girlfriend's phone. I did warn her she will never get rid of me." Gabriel said and laughed softly.
"You better stop talking and search for a signal faster." Damon said hard.
"Sorry I just wanted to break the tension in here." Gabriel said quickly.
Damon's study door suddenly opened. It was Jack carrying a black bag on his shoulder. Amy's eyes grew wide when she saw Jack with the bag. That must be the bag containing all the instruments to torture her she thought in horror.
"My mamma had a dog and his name was Bingo!" Gabriel said excited. "We got something Mr Salvatore."
Damon was in seconds at his desk. A map was displayed on the screen of Gabriel's laptop with a flickering red dot near the dark woods. "Do you guys see that red dot? Now that's where they are at the moment. When they move, the dot moves, here I have a small portable monitor device you need to take this with you it will display the map and the red dot as it is doing now on my screen. My job is done. Goodluck guys." Gabriel said.
"Jack bring the bag we are on the move." Jack was out the door like a phantom bag on his shoulders much to Amy's relieve. "You ready brother?" Damon said to Stephen.
"Ready as can be. Let's do this."
"I like the sound of that."
Dr Hendy was up on his feet too, ready to go with the men but Damon put his hand on the doc's shoulder. "It will be better if you stay here Hendy. We will bring Kate home safe I promise."
"But I can be of help."
"Damon is right Hendy we got this." Stephen said and squeezed his friend's shoulder.
"Be careful guys." Dr Hendy said as he watched the two Salvatore brothers rushed out of the room.
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