Sheriff Forbes and the officer trailing after her find the bodies of Logan Fell and Finn, "Oh god." The sheriff gasps, looking at their bodies in horror.
"What kind of monster can do this?" The officer asks and they get closer to Finn. "How deep is that branch?"
Finn's eyes fly open and he sits up, scaring the two officers. Finn ignores the guns aiming at him and moves slowly to get onto his knees. Both the Sheriff and the officer move closer to him, "How are you even alive?!" Sheriff Forbes asks.
Finn looks at them and holds the back end of the branch "Well," he breaks off a part of the branch without flinching, "I guess I'm just lucky." He takes a deep breath and pulls the branch out, falling on all fours, letting out a grunt of pain. "How did this happen?" Sheriff Forbes asks gesturing to the body of Logan Fell next to him.
"There were three vampires." Finn says as he gets to his feet, dusting himself off. "Logan shot one and when he went for the kill another one showed up. I managed to kill one that was transitioning but I couldn't finish her off completely due to being impaled."
"And how exactly are you alive?" Sheriff Forbes asks again, hoping to get an actual answer this time.
"I've been doomed with eternal life." Finn says, he raises a hand when the Sheriff opens her mouth, "That's all I'm saying for now. I'll be around if you need me. I need to tighten up some loose ends." He walks into the woods but is stopped by a bullet hitting the tree next to him. "Tell me the truth." the Sheriff growls out. Finn holds his hands up and turns towards her "Fine. I am a vampire, I was turned without my consent and now I'm stuck with it." "Then kill yourself?"
"I obviously cannot so to make the best out of this wretched curse I have gone to hunting what I have become."
A deep silence surrounds them as the officers think on his revelation. "I want you out of my city." Sheriff Forbes says, "I don't want your kind here, hunter or not." Finn frowns "How are you going to protect this town if I leave?"
"We don't need you."
Finn throws his hands up in frustration "This is why your town is plagued with vampires! You know what, I will stay and I will make sure this town is safe with or without you." Finn turns and walks away, ignoring the bullets hitting the trees around him.
Stefan walks up to Elena's house, his mind racing with the outcome of the night. Elena rushes to him when she notices the blood on his shirt, he assures her he's fine and lets out a sigh.
"Everything will be fine Elena, I took care of it."
"What do you mean? Is Vicky okay?"
"Not exactly, we were attacked by a hunter and he snapped her neck. The only way to save her life was to give her blood. There was nothing else we could do."
Elena narrows her eyes, "You mean she's a vampire now?"
"Yes." Stefan says slowly, "But don't worry, I'll work with her, it'll work out, I swear."
"Oh my god, what am I going to tell Matt? What about Jeremy?" Elena begins to pace, her breathing getting faster.
Stefan puts his hands on Elena's shoulders to calm her down, "Don't worry, we'll come up with a story." Elena pulls away from him "You mean we'll come up with a lie."
Stefan opens his mouth to disagree but nothing comes out, he bows his head, "I am so so sorry."
Elena shakes her head, her eyes filled with tears, "I gave you today like you asked, and I understand that you would never do anything to hurt me, and I promise I will keep your secret, but... " she trails off, tears spilling from her eyes, "I can't be with you Stefan."
As soon as those words left her mouth Stefan could have sworn his heart was ripped right out of his chest. She didn't want him, not anymore.
"I'm sorry, I…" She didn't finish her sentence, she couldn't so she turned away and went inside.
Left on her doorstep all he could do was to listen to her cry. Not able to take anymore of it, Stefan disappeared into the night.
HALLOWEEN
Finn walks around Mystic Falls high school fiddling with his costume. The blasted mask was making him uncomfortable, the cape on his shoulder kept getting stepped on but he needed to stay unrecognizable, even if it was out of his comfort zone. He knew the Sheriff was here somewhere so he needed to stay incognito.
He walks through the party, following the scent of the newly turned vampire.
The other two will have to wait, this one he needs to be killed tonight or there will be a new problem to deal with. He closes his eyes and ignores the sounds of the party around him, focusing on finding the voices of the Salvatore brothers or the new fang.
After awhile he hears the sound of a scuffle and a young woman shouting in fear, it is all he needs to jump into action. He takes off towards them and arrives in time to catch a flying nurse before she lands on the pile of wood behind him. He sets the young woman down and turns to the young vamp, he opens his mouth to say something only have to move to avoid getting attacked by the vamp, her hand ripping the mask off his face.
The young vamps growls at him and disappears. Finn curses under his breath and turns to the teens, "Go inside, now." He moves to the last spot the vamp was in and looks under the buses as the kids ran to the door. He picks up the vamps scent before she even shows up and he runs to the teens right as she pushes the boy aside and goes for the girls throat.
The girl lets out a shriek of terror as the vamp goes in for the kill but is stopped when her head is yanked backwards, exposing her neck. Finn grabs the vamps neck and drags her away from the teens, her heels digging into the road as she fights him.
Finn pulls out a stake and stabs her in the heart just as Stefan shows up on the scene. He looks at the scene in shocked confusion but jumps into action when he sees Jeremy try to run towards Vicky and Finn.
The young vampire looks down at the stake as her life drains away, Finn releases her and watches as the young vamp slowly turn to the young man she tried to attack. She reaches out to him and takes a few steps forward before she falls to the ground, dead.
Finn watches her skin turn grey, the sign of death for a vampire, and walks away into the darkness, not wanting to draw even more attention to himself. "Wait!" Stefan says, following after him, Finn looks over his shoulder to Stefan, "How-how did you survive? What are you?"
Finn looks into Stefan's eyes, "It's none of your concern, just know that I'll always be there, waiting for one of you to fuck up." With that said Finn turns his head and walks out of eyesight before disappearing in a flash.
Elena trembles in shock and tries to get herself together. She looks down at the ground and spots the mask the hunter was wearing. She picks it up and looks to Stefan and then to Jeremy, "Get him out of here." she barely chokes out, Stefan looks to her and nods, taking his phone out of his pocket and giving his brother a call, leading a sobbing Jeremy inside as he talks on the phone.
While Stefan is on the phone Elena turns and looks around for their saviour to give thanks but he is gone. Letting exhaustion hit her she falls onto the floor next to Vicky's body and sobs, hugging the mask to her chest.
Her tears stop when the eldest Salvatore brother shows up to dispose of the body a couple of minutes later.
"You should go, I got this." He says, kneeling down to pick up Vicky. Elena looks up at him in disgust as she gets to her feet.
"You did this!" she snarls "This is your fault!"
"You mistake me for someone with remorse."
Elena pushes Damon in anger, only to be pushed back herself. Still upset Elena swings her had at his face only for him to catch it. Damon gives her hand a squeeze
"None of this matters to me. None of it." he lets her hand go and she backs up "People die around you, how could it not matter?!" Damon rolls his eyes and looks down at the body "It matters and you know it!" Elena slaps him across the face making him look up at her. They stare at each other, Elena trying to keep her fear at bay and Damon trying not to lose his cool, "You need to leave." Damon says slowly, when she doesn't move he takes a step forward and flashes his fangs "LEAVE."
Taking the hint Elena turns and runs back into the school. Damon lets out a sigh and squats to inspect the body. He pulls the stake out of her chest and looks at the insignia at the bottom of the stake, "M?"