A/N- Yes, I haven't been posting. No, I did not forget about it. I'm writing more chapters, so once school starts I won't be forcing myself to write terrible chapters to get them out. I did update chapters 1-6, fixing grammatical errors that I made, so credits to Microsoft Word for being a rock ;) I still have a long way to go with this story, so please be patient with me! I want to say thanks to mayaan21051 for being so supportive with my chapters. You are so nice, and I'm really happy that you are enjoying my fanfic! And also thanks to shiningstar324 for being so enthusiastic haha. You guys are life!
Disclaimer- Do I really have to put this on every chapter? Okay, well... I don't own TVD! But I'm a HUGE fan.
Chapter 7- At Last
"Goddammit Damon! Why do you put so much stress on me?" Stefan yells in his car, banging on the leather steering wheel.
"I can't bear the thought of losing you. I'm coming. Please stay alive, for me." Tears are welling up in his eyes.
He drives to the entrance of the forest. Caroline, Alaric, and Bonnie are trailing behind him. Stefan had asked for some privacy driving to the forest where Damon would be.
The closer he gets to the forest, the louder his heart pounds, and the more nervous he gets. He can't imagine what kind of pain and suffering Damon has gone through during the past month. He stops his car on a gravel lot, and he takes one deep breath and steps out to face the dense forest. Bonnie, Alaric, and Caroline all stands next to him, embracing the forest, and basking in the sunlight.
Damon's POV
I end up back in the plain room. I'm still chained, although I can feel myself desiccating.
My brain has been empty and dazed for the past few days, ever since they tortured me.I pulled all the bullets out of my body and tried to minimize my movements so I can heal faster. Right after that day, they opened the window. It was miserable. I felt myself slowly burning and turning into ash. I felt sick to my stomach. I was finally about to die until they closed the window. I felt the red bumps still bubbling on my skin. It was agonizing. It didn't heal until 4-5 hours after. It's surprising I even lasted this long. That was a bad sign.
My body is pleading for blood, but I can't give it any. Every muscle I move hurts like as if sandpaper is rubbing against it and bricks are weighing on top of it. Even a little drop of blood can ease the pain a little. I give up on the hope of ever being found. Even if I did get saved, I don't think I can ever get out of this barrier my brain built. I'm in a living nightmare, and I can never escape. It's a long maze inside my brain, and every turn I make ends in a dead end. I'm broken, and I can't run away from the demon living inside me. I can never be happy anymore. I'm brain dead.
Even though he's as weak as a twig, his vampire hearing still works. He listens in on a woman talking to what sounds like him, but he knows that it's Vaughn.
"Stefan, Bonnie, Caroline, and Alaric are here. They just got to the forest."
"Ah, perfect. We've been waiting for this. Initiate Plan S.D."
"Are you sure you want to? We could easily kill them off…"
"Yes, but also activate the dome once everyone- excluding Damon, is out."
"Yes, sir. Guys, gather around!" the woman screams out. A loud buzz comes from the speakers in the room Damon is in. And from the speaker, comes an ear piercing sound that cuts off Damon's super hearing, breaking him from the conversation.
"Ahhhhhh!" He screams out loud. He curls up, covering his ears with his hands. The noise is so high pitched that it gives only Damon a headache because he's the only one close enough to hear it at such a high pitch. Everyone else is wearing soundproof headphones. It gives Damon déjà vu, to the many times when Bonnie does the witchy woo thing to his brain, popping his blood cells, and his head pounding. By now, he's convincing himself that there is a little person inside his head with a large gong, banging the gong like a four-year-old discovering the sound a pot makes when you hit utensils against it.
Why does he want me to suffer this much? And what is S.D.? Sudden Death? Soon Dead? Speedy Death? What does it mean? The noise is pouring into my ears, engulfing my brain. I can't take the sound much longer and then I give in; finally blacking out. And then the answer comes floating into my lost brain; Switching Damon.
Stefan's POV
Stefan and the crew all walk into the forest to immediately be greeted by strangers pouring out of the forest.
"Is there a shed in here somewhere? Around the middle of the forest?" Caroline asks.
"Oh yes! The Tabitha Cellar. Fun fact, it was used back in the 1800's to torture vampires. It's a myth, but most of us believe it. Vampires used to rule Mystic Falls before their downfall." A person speaks out. Her name is Psyche.
After a while of climbing and walking, they stop right in front of the cellar. Here lies Damon Salvatore, great brother, good friend, and loving boyfriend. Stefan walks up to the door, pounding on it.
"GIVE ME BACK DAMON!" He screams, banging on the door as hard as he possibly can. The door opens and a tall brown and gray-haired guy with gray eyes greets him.
"Hello, what brings you here?" He looks behind Stefan and smiles at him.
This guy looks surprisingly nice to kidnap my brother.
"I'm here for my brother. I know you have him, so bring him out and we'll have a chat." Stefan says, confidently. He learned from his years on Earth that you don't want your enemies to know your weakness. He snaps his fingers, and a group of vampires brings out Damon. He seems so weak, so lost. Stefan's eyes widen at the state he was in.
"Oh my god, Damon!" Bonnie cries out.
"Damon! Are you okay?" Asks Caroline; immediately turning away to hug Alaric. Alaric has no words to express how he felt. Exasperation is how Stefan feels. Stefan feels like as if someone has knocked the wind out of him. He can't breathe properly. The man shoves Damon towards Stefan, and he collapses down, groaning.
"Take him. I'm just about done with him anyways." He says out loud. Stefan takes one last glance at the man and punches him in the face. hHe then looks at knocked-out Damon on the porch. He doesn't know what to do.
He kneels down beside him and helps him get up. Alaric comes over and helps Stefan slowly raise Damon. Damon, still out of it, puts all his weight on Stefan and Alaric. Bonnie and Caroline walk in the back, giving the men some distance. They slowly walk to the outskirts of the forest. As they walk out of the forest, hundreds of people start to walk out with them. Caroline turns around, shocked at how many people there were. Why were they all coming out? They all turn and face the forest and starts chanting a spell. Caroline glances at Bonnie.
"Bonnie… What are they doing?" Caroline asks, her high pitch voice rings out above the loud murmuring.
"I'm really not sure. I don't recognize the spell, but some of the words sound familiar." Bonnie says, zoning her hearing into the spell.
"It sounds like as if they are doing a boundary spell, I'm not really sure if it is, though." Unsure, she continues to listen as Stefan and Alaric drags an injured Damon into the car.
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-Angela
