Chapter 12
Matt steps out of the diner with his dinner in his brown paper bag. He starts to walk toward the street, taking a peek in the brown bag. The smell of a hamburger wrapped in lettuce greets him. He closes the bag up. Matt hate to admit it, but he may have to eat it right now before it gets cold.
A smile emerges on his face as he approaches the street. Today was a good day. He parked the sheriff car across the street by the suit tailor store. Even though he knows that the street would not have a car flying down the street, Matt still stops at the curb.
The streetlight above him flickers.
Matt looks up at the streetlight. The advantage of living in a town that was created by magic that very few things breaks down. The street light should not flicker. He places his focus back on the street before he cross. Unfortunately, he see two men standing in the middle of the street.
Matt lets out a sigh. Matt really hope that it would never come to this. In fact, he had actually pray that it wouldn't happen. He did not want to see them again. Yet, they are standing in the middle of the street side by side like they are in an old western movie. The one thing that he hated is the fact that he is not going to eat that hamburger after all.
"Let me guess, it was all a trick." said Matt as he places the brown paper bag on the sidewalk while keeping his eyes on the two men that should not be here.
"Yep." said Damon with a evil smirk on his face.
"You two never left Boston." said Matt as he reaches in his pocket and takes out his phone.
"Correct." said Enzo, who had a stern look on his face.
"All those maps on that table showing a route from Boston to Florida. It was supposed to throw Bonnie and the rest off." Matt text 9-1-1-* on the cell and select town. He press the send button as he places the phone down on the sidewalk. The fact that they allow him to text meant they did not care what he did.
"And people said you were not a good sheriff. Here you are proving them wrong." said Damon. Matt could hear him mocking him.
"You saw me and follow me." Matt walks out in the middle of the street, maintain a distance from the two vampires, knowing full well that this situation is bad in a very epic way.
"Damon couldn't help himself. He said that it has been a long time since he killed a Donovan." said Enzo.
Matt knows what they were trying to do: Intimidation. After all, they were two murderous vampires on a killing spree and no one seems to have found a way to stop them.
"So, what is the plan?" ask Matt as he keeps his focus on both vampires, knowing full well that the third party that started all of this is near by. He places his right hand on his gun and unstrap it.
"Pretty basic. We kill you and we kill the town. At least half of them." said Enzo.
"You really know how to pick them." said Damon as if he was congratulating Matt. "It is like Mystic Fall except remote. We barely found this place. If it was not for that guy we met in the diner, we would never have found this place. Hell, I am pretty sure no one knows that this place even exists. No one will find us here until it is too late."
"There is no cavalry coming to save you or this two star town." said Enzo.
"Wow. You two have this all plan out." said Matt.
"Haven't you heard? We got some practice." said Enzo.
The street light flicker again. Matt notices that the street lights further down the street were out. Matt figured that the lights behind him are also going out. He could hear footsteps behind him. It is faint like it is sneaking up on Matt.
"You got one problem." said Matt as he places his hand on the sword that is on his left side.
"What would that be?" as Damon.
"Me."
Both vampires chuckles at the statement.
"I don't really care about you. I don't care if you turn around and leave. I don't care if you stay. But if you stay and do what I think you are going to do, I will have to kill you." explains Matt knowing that it will make the vampires laugh.
"I am not Bonnie." continues Matt. "I am not here to save you."
"Who said that we can be saved?" said Damon. "There is no saving us."
Both of them simply stare at Matt.
"You still don't get it." said Matt.
"Educates us, Matty. What don't we get?" ask Enzo.
"I see Damon, the man who put my sister on the road to her death because he was simply bored. And I see you, Enzo, a vampire who I couldn't care less. I am not going to lose any sleep in killing you two. As for the old lady that is trying to sneak up behind me, I definitely wouldn't lose any sleep when I take her head off."
Both vampires frown. Matt could hear the footsteps behind simply stop moving. She did hear that.
The thing behind him had to be the reason on why the vampires were able to get past the barrier. It meant that she is powerful. It also eliminated how many things that thing can be. Matt had to smile. He know what it is.
For a full year, Matt had been looking in the books in Regina's collections. Unlike the Armory's library, Regina's library had books that would make any archaeologist envious. He had hope that he might find something about the vault monster that was locked away. The books that he read were not happy tales. They were the dark kind that the world wants to forget about. It had stories of monsters that should be forgotten.
"You knew that she is behind you?" ask Damon.
"I know that she has been sapping all the power from the street lights because she likes frighten her victims before she kills them. I know that she thinks that I fit a particular category. I know why you two are alive while everyone else she has ever encountered has died. I know what she is."
"Doesn't mean anything." said Damon. "When the piper comes to collect, you will pay that price one way or another.
"You're right. That doesn't mean anything. Knowing how to kill her, that means something."
"That is a load of crap." said Damon.
Matt simply makes a face as if he did not care.
"You're bluffing." said Enzo.
"Maybe, but tell the demigod to stop sneaking up on me unless she wants to lose that hand of her." said Matt as he can feel the hair on the back of his neck stand up.
Both vampires look at Matt. Matt did not care. He can hear the monster from the vault sneak away from Matt.
Matt knows what is behind him. He knows what the demigod did to Damon and Enzo. He know how the demigod inflicts madness on people. It drains all good sense out of someone and controls them. It was the reason why everyone in the Armory died by bashing their heads against the wall. It was the reason why Damon and Enzo is on a killing spree. They were vampires. They can turned their humanity off only leaving their dark heart beating. They did not have to have the madness consume them.
Of course, there is the issue of mind control. Matt can feel her trying to reach inside his mind.
"You know what. I am tired of talking to you and she is tired of hearing you talk" said Damon as his eye grew black with the vein coming out.
"So am I." said Enzo as he open his mouth to reveal his fang. "Sorry, Matty."
Matt places a firm grip on the sword, knowing full well that if he take the sword out, he had to use it on all three bloody monsters. He also know that he is not going to live. If Damon and Enzo do not kill him, he know that the demigod behind him will get him. The street light flicker more. If he goes after the demigod, the vampires will get him. He had to pick which one he had to kill. He didn't have much time. The three murderous individuals were waiting for the street lights to go out to strike.
"Can anyone join this party?" said Lilly as she walks behind the two vampires. Both vampires place their attention on Lilly.
"Lilly! What are you doing here?" yells Matt.
"You're my partner." said Lilly as she start loosing up her arms. "I can't have you dying on me."
"Lilly!" Matt did not like this. She is not suppose to be here.
"Seriously. I don't want to take another late night shift. You will have to simply deal with the fact that once we are done with this problem, you are stuck in the sheriff car tonight."
"So, Matt has a new partner." said Damon. He slowly positioned his body to face Lilly. "You heard what happen to his last partner."
"Penny. I heard about that." said Lilly as she closes her eyes for a second to adjust it. "Matt's my best friend. I know all the bad and all the good."
Lilly opens her eyes and reveals her gold eyes. Both vampires did not flinch when they see this. Enzo quickly places his whole body to focus on Lilly. Their focus was no longer on Matt, but on Lilly.
In their eyes, she is a new plaything that they can use to torture the boy from Mystic Falls.
The streetlight flicking increases.
Matt keeps his hand on the sword and keep his ear focus on the demigod that is slowly moving toward him
"Leave. If you don't, we will have to kill you." said Enzo.
"You can try." said Lilly as she allows her skin to change in her dragon skin.
"What the hell?" said Damon. Both vampires look at Lilly, wondering who she really was.
The practice that her mother put her through was worth it. She mastered the change from human into dragon. She discovered that she control the changes. She can get some of the benefits of being a dragon without going full fledged dragon.
"Matt, I'll take these two. You will be too busy with that thing behind you." said Lilly. She could feel the medallion that she is wearing heating up. Whatever that thing is behind Matt is trying to do something to Lilly.
"Are you sure?" ask Matt as he slowly turn to faces the demigod.
"Yeah." said Lilly as she make her hand light up with flame. Both vampires look at her hand.
Matt has place his focus on the demigod. Matt does not see the beautiful woman in front of him, wearing a white dress. He sees her for what she is. All he see is a decaying body in front of him. The smell from her is overpowering. Matt can smell the blood of her past victims that the world will not miss. His hands firmly wrap itself around the sword. His eyes is slowly adjust to the darkness. He can see the thing that was locked up in a vault.
"Nice trick." said Damon. "Nothing we haven't seen before."
"Nothing we haven't dealt with." said Enzo.
"What's the play, Matt?" yell Lilly as she ignore the taunts from the vampire. She takes a breath to allow her mood to change. Her mocking tone of the situation did hide her concern over her partner. Now, she allow her dragon's instinct to grab a hold of her. It wants to hurt the two vampires.
"Honestly." said Matt as he take out his sword. He can feel the blood lust overwhelm his body. His body wants to rush over to the vampire and slash their heads off. He wants to shove his sword into Lilly's body. He want to chop the demigod into piece and burn the body.
Matt take deep breath to place his full focus on not what is behind him, but what is in front of him: A old demigod that is essentially a psychic vampire that has a burning rage.
"There is nothing to save. They died when they went into that vault. They're just dead people that forgotten they are already dead." said Matt.
The flickering street light finally gives out and goes dark, leaving the five individuals to fight for the town's survival.
THE END
