Ch. 19 No One Planned on a Moment Like This
(DAMON)
"She's busy," Klaus growls on the other end of Clare's cell phone. I can hear the sounds of him fucking her. I hear her moans, when she moans his name I grit my teeth.
"Ric just called, the siren is returning with a potential weapon, everyone's meeting here," I tell Klaus.
"We'll be there as soon as we're finished," Klaus replies and hangs up.
"They're on their way, soon," I tell Stefan.
"Caroline and Tyler are coming, and Elena was going to call Jeremy," Stefan tells me.
"So, what do you think the siren is bringing?"
"Not sure, according to her Nathan is older than Klaus, I can only guess at what would kill a being so old we can't classify him as witch or even vampire," Stefan replies.
"You know he is a vampire in a way, he's been siphoning life from others for centuries."
Despite what they were doing when I called Clare and Klaus are the first to arrive. She has her bag with her, this makes me smile as it means she's sleeping here tonight. Clare runs upstairs and sets her bag down but doesn't get blood so she must have been fed by Klaus. When she returns downstairs she sits by me much to Klaus' displeasure, which I like but may also be a bad sign, I'll have to ask her what happened this weekend when I have her in my bed tonight.
"Can we actually kill Nathan?" Tyler asks when he and Caroline come through the door.
"I fucking hope so," I reply. I hear other cars coming up the drive and within a couple of minutes Ric, Elena, Jeremy and Bonnie have come through the door. We're only waiting on the siren now.
"Varen says she's a few minutes away," Ric tells us after looking at his phone. In fact, I hear her car down the road, so do Clare, Caroline and Stefan, even Tyler can hear it now. Stefan opens our front door before she has a chance to knock.
"What did you bring? Will it kill Nathan?" Tyler asks.
"If anything can kill him this is it," she says producing a very old metal box. She opens it to reveal a crude dagger, black shiny stone blade crudely cut. The handle seems to be metal and wood braided together with jewels in between some of the strands. "The blade is older than Nathan Nietzsche, obsidian and spelled by powerful witches. Soaked in the worlds most powerful potions, it would kill any of us in this room," Varen says and Klaus laughs. "Even you original, it must be handled carefully, even a nick from the blade could poison you. Nathan has ears everywhere; he will know we have the blade soon. If we strike then we strike tonight."
"Then let's go, I want him dead," Tyler exclaims standing up.
"Slow down wolf-boy, we can't just race in there with no plan and risk the lives of everyone," Klaus remarks.
"Klaus is right, we need a plan, it won't be as easy as just walking in and stabbing him as he sleeps," Stefan says.
"Nathan would not have survived this long if it was. I'm sure he has wards up around the house, he'd have stronger ones at night when he sleeps. Tyler you live there, you could go in and get past the wards Nathan would have to have accounted for you," Varen comments.
"I've stayed the night before, I can probably go in with Tyler," Caroline remarks.
"Yes, good, Tyler should have someone else with him. If you do set off the wards you can say that you are there to spend the night, Nathan will have to adjust the wards to let you in. That shouldn't seem suspicious; however, we will then have to wait until he is asleep to proceed," Varen tells us.
We spend time coming up with a very detailed plan, doing our best to foresee all contingencies. We're also waiting until we're sure that Nathan will be asleep so we can attack. Tyler, Caroline, Bonnie and Varen all go in Tyler's car. Bonnie and Varen can begin taking down the wards at the rear of the house while Tyler and Caroline go inside. Tyler has the dagger, he may have the best opportunity to strike, but Caroline has been told to pick him up and run if Nathan wakes up.
Clare, Elena and I will go in Stefan's car with him, Jeremy and Ric following us in Ric's car. Klaus will bring his own car, he wanted Clare to go with him, she opted to come with us. We won't drive up to the house though, Nathan may be able to hear the cars. We'll go in through the woods at the back of the Lockwood estate. Elena will stay out of the fighting, she's the only one of us that's easy to kill. She has strict instructions to remain downstairs and keep watch, and to run upstairs if something does come. There's always the possibility that Nathan has some kind of guard dog lying in wait.
The drive to the Lockwood estate is silent and intense. You can feel the energy in the air, something is going to happen tonight, whether it comes out in our favor or not remains to be seen.
Stefan, Clare, Klaus and I run through the woods, leaving the humans behind but we need to be close. When we get there Tyler and Caroline are already inside, Bonnie and Varen are chanting something to get the ward to break, or at least bend enough to get us in. I can't see them, but I can feel the push of energy from them.
Suddenly, we hear a groan from upstairs and Caroline screaming. Bonnie manages to wear down a ward to the point that we can get through, just as Jeremy, Elena and Ric appear from the woods. We all race upstairs and into Nathan's room, it was easy to find with all the noise coming from it. Carol is unconscious on the floor; Tyler is barely conscious next to her. Caroline has the dagger but Nathan is holding her back with magic. Stefan forces Elena to remain outside of the room, and thus hopefully outside of the line for fire. We know she won't stay downstairs now.
The next few minutes happen very fast, human eyes would not be able to see most of what happened. Varen took the dagger from Caroline moving for Nathan but he pushed her back with magic. She is able to hand the dagger to Klaus, at nearly the same time that Stefan, Clare, Ric, Bonnie and I mount an attack from all sides. Nathan can't hold Caroline and Varen back individually and prevent us all from getting to him at the same time.
He drops Caroline and Varen before exploding the small desk on the other side of the room. Shards and splinters of wood shatter into the room. A few of them are large enough to stake a vampire but thankfully anything that large misses anything vital. Caroline takes a stake in her thigh; she pulls it out and starts to heal. Varen gets caught by a large chunk of wood on the shoulder, it doesn't impale only hits. Clare and I both get hit by splinters in our back and Stefan gets impaled by a large piece in his arm. Klaus pulled Clare away shielding her from the worst of it, but he gets a significant piece in his lower back. Bonnie shields herself, Jeremy and Elena. Carol and Tyler are already on the floor, they get hit by a few pieces of smaller splinters, but they'll need to go to the hospital anyway. Ric gets some splinters in his arm and neck, but he'll live.
Nathan seems to have expected more carnage from this attack. He looks angrily disappointed, he seems to have expected the exploding desk to kill or gravely maim several of us. He didn't control the explosion of the desk however, resulting in very small pieces for the most part. If he'd had more time he probably would have just pulled the desk into several stakes and staked all of us vampires. Thankfully, he did not have that kind of time. Nathan's eyes narrow, they glow and then he releases a wave of magic through all of us forcing us all back. Clare and I are sent flying through the window, Stefan was sent through the wall to the adjoining room.
Clare and I run back up just in time to see Klaus and Ric holding the dagger and stabbing it into Nathan together. They get him in the back and immediately all of his magic power is drained. No one is held back anymore, Klaus takes the dagger and stabs again, into his Nathan's neck this time. His power is weakened further, and he begins to age. Klaus stabs again to the front of his neck, and his chest and Varen invokes some sort of incantation. We watch as Nathan ages rapidly becoming old and then decaying and becoming nothing but dirt, ash, he's returned to the earth.
Tyler goes out of the room and down the hall, returning with a small handheld vacuum. He then vacuums up what's left of Nathan Nietzsche. The moment is comical, but no one is laughing, we're lucky only two people were badly hurt and that us vampires heal quickly. We had Nathan vastly outnumbered and surprised him while he was sleeping. He was still able to subdue us for a while; this could have turned out very differently.
"Tell me there's some kind of spell that will evaporate this," Tyler comments, taking the canister from the vacuum.
"I know something, but I better do it out by the water just in case," Bonnie comments.
"I'll go with you," Varen says, taking the canister from Tyler. Jeremy and Ric follow them out.
"Tyler, I think you need to go to the hospital, and your mom definitely needs to go," Elena comments she was in the room when Clare and I ran up the stairs. The smell of fresh blood is heavy in the air, Clare grips to me trying to be good. Even Caroline is having a hard time resisting. "Your mom definitely needs to go to the hospital," Elena says looking at Carol who is still unconscious on the floor.
"Clare, Caroline, go down and get the cars," I instruct and Stefan hands Clare his keys. They'll have to get Ric's keys from him when they go outside, but right now I want them out of the room or they might lose it and start drinking from Tyler or Carol.
Clare and Caroline leave the room, Stefan is looking at Carol while Elena looks at the back of Tyler's head. Tyler leans heavy on the dresser, now that it's over and the adrenaline has left, his wolf isn't as strong and he's starting to succumb to the injury. I hear the cars coming up the drive, and a moment later Clare, Caroline, Bonnie, Varen, Ric and Jeremy all return.
"I'm calling Liz, Caroline call for an ambulance, tell them something exploded at Mayor Lockwood's estate and that Tyler and Carol are hurt," I command.
Liz is upset that we moved without her and without her knowledge. I explained it to her and she was still upset, but said she was on her way. Caroline says an ambulance is also coming.
"I'll go with Jeremy and Elena to get Ric home, he may need to go to the hospital," Stefan comments.
"I'll be fine," Ric replies.
"I can go with you," Varen speaks up.
"No, you and Bonnie should stay here. Caroline called 911 she'll need to be here; I had her call because as Tyler's girlfriend it makes sense that she'd be here so late. There's a lot of blood in the air though and I need Bonnie to stay nearby so Caroline keeps control. Can you stay with Bonnie and conceal yourselves if necessary?" I ask Varen.
"I can," she nods to me and looks at Ric, "I'll come check on you later."
She kisses Ric, Jeremy kisses Bonnie and they leave, getting down to Ric's car and down the drive a moment before I hear the ambulance coming.
"The ambulance is coming, your mom shouldn't be far behind Caroline, you should go home with her. Klaus can you get Bonnie and Varen home when Tyler and Carol are gone?"
"You take them home, I'll take Clare home with me again," he says reaching for her hand.
"No, you won't, she's coming home with me," I growl stepping between them. Clare steps from behind me and puts her hand on Klaus' chest, I clench my jaw ready for another fight.
"Please Klaus stay and make sure they get home safe and everyone is okay. You're the only one that can do it, an original vampire. You have the strength and power to do anything and keep the situation under control, keep Caroline from getting hurt," Clare says, stroking his chest as she strokes his ego. I don't really like watching her stroke his ego, but it's working.
"As you wish Lover," Klaus replies, pulling her to him and kissing her hard and deep. I clench my fists, but he'll be satisfied after this and I can take Clare home with me.
"Should we move Carol and Tyler to another room?" Bonnie asks.
"No, stay here, Caroline you were here to stay the night. Tyler, you heard someone in the room and came to investigate. So did your mom, you saw someone in black going out the window and there was an explosion. That should account for the exploded wood and is a reasonable explanation for the hole in the wall. I'll tell Liz, but Clare and I need to go, I can hear the sirens approaching. Klaus, Bonnie, Varen stay hidden, Caroline go home with your mom," I tell them, taking Clare's hand and running from the room with her.
We get in the car and I have to go over the lawn to avoid the emergency vehicles coming up. It will just add more evidence to the theory that someone was here and planted an explosive. As soon as we've passed them I call Liz and tell her the cover story, and that if she has any issues to call me immediately.
"Take off your shirt, I know you got some splinters from the exploding desk. We also went through the window," I comment when we're home.
"And, we're vampires, we heal almost immediately," Clare remarks.
"Yes, which means we could have healed right over the glass or splinters," I reply.
"I think you just want an excuse to get me naked," Clare shoots back.
I smirk and put my fingers under her chin pulling her to me for a deeply sensuous kiss. "I don't need an excuse to get you naked Lover."
(CLARE)
"Jeremy, Clare, Caroline could you three stay a moment please?" Miss Scarlett requests after art class Friday afternoon.
Sunday we killed Nathan, and we spent the rest of the week recovering. Tyler's mom was hurt the worst, she was kept in the hospital for three days. Tyler was in the hospital overnight for observation and released the next morning. Everyone including Mrs. Lockwood bought the explosion story, she had no memory of Nathan at all. Sheriff Forbes thought it best that Tyler stay with them when Tyler got out of the hospital, which Caroline was happy about. Nathan was dead, but we didn't know if he had friends. Thankfully, workmen were sent right away to repair the Lockwood Estate, so by the time Mrs. Lockwood was out of the hospital, and Tyler went home with her, their home was back to normal.
Ric had some splinters that had to be removed and a few small cuts, but that was the only other lasting injury from Sunday night. Damon and I spent the rest of Sunday night digging splinters and glass shards out of each other's flesh. It took a long time because he'd pull one out and then suck or lick the blood from the wound. When we were done we made love, I didn't exactly sleep Sunday night, but neither did anyone else and we were all tired Monday morning.
The week had been spent recovering from the damage Nathan caused and killing him. Miss Scarlett was still here so fights and lust, especially at the school, were still rampant. Miss Scarlett and Ric had spent nearly every free moment together all week. Both Jeremy and Elena said Ric had hardly been home all week because he was with Miss Scarlett.
"Is everything okay?" Jeremy questions when everyone else has left class.
"Yes, everything is fine," Miss Scarlett smiles reassuringly. "I asked you to stay to tell you goodbye, I'll be taking my leave Sunday night and your teacher will be here Monday morning."
"You're leaving? What about Ric?" Jeremy asks.
"Ric has been wonderful, and I intend to spend every moment with him until I leave. I'll tell him goodbye myself, but I'm not sure I'll see anyone else. Please say goodbye for me. My time here has been wonderful, a feast like I've not had in many years. Much of that thanks to you and your two lovers Clare," she says stroking my cheek and I blush.
"Couldn't you stay?" Caroline asks.
"I could, I could feast here for a long time, but I can hear the call for me elsewhere. If I stayed I'm just one more supernatural force here and one more reason to draw other forces. If I stay then my siren song will continue to cause the fights and uncontrolled lust. It's never good for me to stay in one place for too long. Ric has my number if you need me you need only call. Of course, I may be called back in other ways too," Miss Scarlett says, brushing her fingers over my skin and winking at me.
"Thanks for your help with Nathan, it will feel so different when you're gone," Caroline comments.
"Yeah, I mean the fights and jealousy haven't been great, but we're going to miss you," Jeremy tells her.
"Thanks for everything," I smile.
"Thank you Clare, it was a wonderful feast. Tell the others I said goodbye, and we may very well see each other again."
We leave Miss Scarlett's room and have to run to our last classes making it just as the late bell sounds. I hope Ric is going to be okay when Miss Scarlett leaves, they seem to have gotten very close.
"Why were you two so late?" Stefan asks as we leave class at the end of the day.
"Miss Scarlett is leaving Sunday night, Mrs. Henner will be back Monday," Caroline says.
"She wanted us to say goodbye for her," I tell them.
"Ric will be crushed," Elena sighs.
"She said she was going to say goodbye to Ric personally this weekend. I don't think you'll see him all weekend," I reply just as my cell phone rings. When I pull it from my purse I see it's Klaus, he should be waiting for me out front, it's unusual for him to call. "Hi."
"Something I have to do I'll pick you up in the morning," Klaus tells me and hangs up.
"Should we be worried?" Caroline asks, looking at Stefan.
"Probably," Stefan replies.
"What's going on?" Elena asks.
"Klaus says he has something to do and he'll pick me up in the morning."
"Be worried," Elena nods.
"Damon's on his way," Stefan tells me.
After everyone goes to their lockers and Jeremy joins us we walk out front together. I can already hear Damon's car coming, much faster than it should be. Caroline and Tyler say goodbye, they're headed to his house. Jeremy, Bonnie, Stefan and Elena are all going to the Gilbert house, but they wait with me until Damon comes. I can't decide if they're worried I'll give in to blood lust and bite, or waiting around for my protection.
"Here," Damon says, handing me a blood bag as soon as I'm in the car.
"Thanks," I reply and start sipping at the bag. "Miss Scarlett is leaving Sunday, she told me, Jeremy and Caroline after art today. She wanted us to say goodbye for her to everyone else as she'll be spending the rest of the weekend with Ric."
"Too bad, I liked her," Damon remarks.
"Yes, she liked us too, we gave her lots to feed from. Don't forget we called her here," I comment, setting the empty blood bag down.
Damon smirks and caresses the back of my neck, then traces my clavicle. My skin tingles at his touch, and remembering the night we called the siren to Mystic Falls I feel the hot wetness between my legs. When Damon parks at the house I grab my backpack and we race inside, dropping my backpack at the door. Damon closes the door and picks me up, my legs wrap around his waist, my arms around his neck. He crushes his lips to mine, slamming me into the heavy wooden door.
My lips part, my tongue sliding out between my lips to meet his. The kiss is hard, passionate, and hungry. His tongue exploring the depths of my mouth as the bulge in his pants grow. I know our clothes won't be on for long when Damon turns and runs us up the stairs. He goes into his room setting me down near the bed and we disrobe quickly. Damon hooks his arms under my legs picking me up and setting me on the bed. His head between my legs he laps at my labial folds sending a licentious ripple through my body.
As Damon's tongue slips in and twists inside me my back arches, my arms going behind me to grab the bed. Damon's hands slide under my ass lifting me up a little, allowing his tongue in even further. His tongue dancing inside of me making me moan and writhe. Just as I begin to feel the build to orgasm Damon withdraws his tongue and bites into my thigh. I hiss and moan as he sucks a few sips of blood. He licks the wound and then moves up my body and thrusts in. His lips attach to mine as he enters me fully.
I taste myself, my juices and blood, on his tongue. My fingers comb into his hair and my nails rake down his neck. Damon's thrusts are hard, fast and exploring, much like his kiss. My hips buck, meeting his pace and speed and accelerating it, my legs opening wider. My body desperate to be filled by Damon as it is for release. Our speed increases to the point that the bed begins to shake and hit the wall. Our bodies tighten and tense and then explode in orgasmic explosion.
"I think you should tell Klaus you're not coming this weekend at all. That he can go to hell and you're staying in my bed all weekend," Damon grins kissing my skin as he slides off me and lies next to me.
"You know as well as I do that if I do that he'll simply show up and take me tomorrow morning," I reply, kissing his chest and he moans softly.
"Then I'll stop him," Damon whispers against my neck.
"You couldn't, you're a strong scary vampire," I say stroking his arm with one finger, "but Klaus is older and stronger and I don't want him to hurt you. I'm going to call Adam and then get something to eat," I remark slipping out of his arms and bed. I don't want to argue about this, so I'm changing the subject. I start getting dressed again and Damon pouts. "You didn't think I'd call Adam naked did you?"
"I'm sure he'd love it," Damon smiles.
I respond by throwing my panties at him just as I hear my laptop ringing. I pull my jeans and top on quickly running into the room to answer Adam's video call.
"Hi Adam," I answer happy to see my friends smiling face.
"Hi," he grins. He's in his bedroom, he usually only calls when he's alone at the house or in his room, just to be safe. "Everyone's at the hockey game, no one else is even at the house, we're free to talk. Though I thought you'd be at Klaus' place, I called him first."
"He's picking me up tomorrow. You didn't go to the game?"
"Wanted to call you, I rarely have the house to myself to video chat. You're eighteenth is next week, it's going to be weird not having you here to celebrate with."
"Yeah, I know, I won't have the celebration I wanted all year."
"What are you doing for your birthday?"
"Nothing," I shrug.
"You're not celebrating your birthday?"
"What's the point? I won't really be eighteen, I'm eternally seventeen. I don't see any reason to celebrate, I don't even have my closest friends here to celebrate with."
"You could come up," Adam comments.
"Oh yes, I'm sure that would go great," I reply sardonically and Adam twists his mouth at me. "I miss you guys Adam, all of you, but I'm still learning. Without Damon or Stefan or someone with me I could lose control, I've already killed once and I never want to do it again unless my life is in danger, or someone I care about is in danger. When I'm in control, when I feel like I may not slip and the smell of blood won't send me over the edge we'll celebrate."
"Great, so when will that be?"
"I wish I knew Adam," I sigh.
"We've all been talking about March Break. I know you won't be on break yet, but we were thinking you could come for the weekend, meet us at the falls?"
"I don…" I begin but Adam cuts me off.
"I know you don't think you can do it but you have to try Clare. Everyone misses you, they've barely talked to you at all. You've only video chatted with Alli and Jenna once, and only seen Drew the last time we video chatted. You hardly talk to anyone else even on the phone. We all miss you Clare and we want you back."
"You're talking like I died Adam."
"You took off very suddenly, no one has seen you in weeks and has hardly talked to you. Also, you became a vampire, I'm pretty sure you did die."
"That's true," I concede with a sigh. I miss my friends too, and I really want to see them, but I'm so afraid of hurting another one of them. Of hurting anyone else because I lost control. "I'll think about Adam, that's the best I can do right now."
"Okay, think about celebrating your birthday too. You should do something, I mean you will at least be eighteen chronologically."
"Yeah, I'll think about it. Tell everyone I said hi and I miss them."
"I will, By Clare."
I shut down the video chat program and feel Damon's lips on my neck. He places a soft kiss on my neck and hands me a blood bag. I take the blood bag and begin sipping at it while I think about what Adam said.
"Don't want to celebrate your birthday?" Damon questions taking my hand and pulling me to the bed. He sits on my bed and puts me on his lap. "Why wouldn't we celebrate your birthday?" Damon questions placing a soft kiss on my earlobe.
"What's the point? I'm not really turning eighteen, that's been taken from me."
"We had no choice Clare," Damon says with regret in his voice.
"I know, and this is better than death especially at such a young age. I just don't see the point of having a celebration for a birthday that doesn't really mean anything. Do you celebrate your birthday?"
"Of course, I celebrate my human birthday and my vampiric one. I deserve to be celebrated, and so do you," Damon says.
He doesn't give me a chance to answer as he takes the now empty blood bag and lures my lips into a sensuous and deep kiss. He lies me on the bed kissing down my skin as he slowly pulls my top over my head. As I'm not wearing a bra or panties still Damon begins kissing my breasts as soon as my top is off. His lips touch gently to every inch of my breasts. His hands softly massaging them and drifting over my skin.
I bite my lip, my head craning back, opening my body up to Damon's every touch, every kiss, every desire. After thoroughly covering my breasts in kisses he takes each of my nipples into his mouth in turn and gently sucks. I moan and arch my back, grinding my hips into him, pressing into his erection. I want more and he knows it, he knows exactly how aroused I am, but he's taking it painstakingly slow.
"Damon…" I whisper and he moves up my body rapidly to seal my lips with his and stop my protests.
His hand moves down my belly, finding the button on my jeans and he opens them. Then he slowly unzips them, releasing me from the kiss to slowly peel my jeans off my legs. He pulls them off and kisses my legs as he reveals each inch of skin. When my jeans are off my legs he drops them to the floor and opens my legs. Kissing his way up my inner leg to the apex of my thighs. I feel his fangs brushing against my skin, he wants to bite again, but this time it's my turn.
I grab the back of his neck and turn him over, so that I'm mounted over him. He never did get dressed again, so when I lean down to sink my fangs into his neck his hard cock is sandwiched between us and he moans as his hands grasp my buttocks. My turn to moan as he pulls my cheeks apart and slides his fingers down to find my slit. I sink my fangs into his flesh as his fingers sink into my pussy.
I take a few sips of Damon's blood enjoying the taste on my tongue and then I sit up again. I get on my knees, take his cock in my hands, Damon moans again as I slowly lower myself onto him. Moaning and quivering as my body adjusts to his size. When I'm all the way down I arch my back enjoying how very full he makes me feel. I moan and look at Damon, he smiles at me, his eyes roving over me adoringly. His hands reach out and cup my breasts squeezing gently evoking a moan from my lips.
I pull myself up and start riding him fast and hard. I go up on my knees until only the head remains in me and then down until he's all the way in and hitting the deepest parts of me. I don't slow down, I ride him hard and fast, pushing him deep. It's relentless, but it's what I need right now, and Damon doesn't seem to mind. It isn't long before I feel the orgasm approaching, and my body goes taut. I quiver and moan, screaming out Damon's name as he too releases into me. I collapse to his chest, spent, breathless and thinking about what Adam said.
