A/N- I'm so sorry. I can't find the time to write stories because I have to study! Grades are my priority and I'm super sorry that I haven't updated! I'll do my best, but school is really taking its toll on me. I've also been having some friend problems and I have a test every week! It's hard to keep up, but I promise to do my best. Love you all, and thank you so much for bearing with me.
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Chapter 17- Werewolf Venom
"I need Stefan here." Her green eyes dart around the dark living room. The curtains are drawn, and the door is locked. She barricaded herself inside her own home. To take extra precautions, she turns on all the faucets and all the electronics to drown out sounds, making the lurking vampires nearby have a harder time to focus on their conversation.
"One step ahead of you." The blonde vampire flashes the witch a cheeky smile that said 'Sorry not sorry'. As if on cue, a hard knock comes from the front door. Bonnie flashes Caroline a worried glance, as she sneaks to the window. A male, with light brown hair that was gelled up, stands before the door. She lets out a sigh, as she unlocks the door.
"Stefan," Bonnie says formally.
"What's going on?" Stefan asks, obviously confused about why Caroline texted him to come to Bonnie's.
"Bonnie has to tell us something," Caroline says, eyeing Bonnie. Caroline sits down on the couch and Bonnie walks closer to the duo. Stefan raises his eyebrows, looking stressed.
"It's a long story, but Damon has a doppelganger, and we took him home instead of the actual Damon," Bonnie whispers out. She immediately sees faces filled with confusion.
"Haha, very funny Bonnie." Caroline laughs out awkwardly. Bonnie gives her a glare.
"I'm saying the truth guys." Bonnie persuades.
"That's crazy. We would've noticed if it wasn't Damon. I mean like, he's Damon." Caroline jokes out.
"Guys listen to me-" Bonnie starts but gets cut off by the walking dead.
"Bonnie's right. Oh, my god, it's not Damon. Think about it, they wouldn't have given up Damon that easily, and he hasn't been acting like himself lately. I thought something was wrong or it was just PTSD, but it all makes sense now." Stefan says. He gives everyone a worried glance and his face turns 10 shades darker. Caroline immediately stops smiling, and stares brutally into Stefan's eyes, boring her soul out.
"Exactly," Bonnie mutters out. The water sounds in the background were now almost muted to the trio.
"So does that mean that you got… kidnapped by… his doppelganger?" Caroline says, pausing in between words. She couldn't believe what she was saying. Bonnie gives Caroline a silent but deadly nod. Everything made sense now.
"I'm going to kill that bastard," Stefan growls out, walking towards the door.
"NO! Don't! He's going to kill Damon, please don't." Bonnie cries out, tugging on Stefan's arm. She doesn't know why she is, Stefan is 100x stronger than her, but it was an effort. Stefan turns around, facing Bonnie.
"What do you mean?" Stefan spits out, hatred poisoning every word he says.
"It's- it's… He threatened to kill Damon if I told anyone. And well… He has spies crawling all over Mystic Falls." Bonnie admits. She musters up her strength to tell them what happened at the cell.
"Oh my god, Bonnie. I'm so sorry, I had no idea." Caroline cries out. She runs to a sobbing Bonnie and starts hugging her. Stefan looks at them hugging and immediately starts to think of the many times where Damon would hug him. The blood in his veins stirs, making him stare in fury. He glances one last sorrow look at Bonnie, before walking to the door. He unlocks the door and places his hand on the brass doorknob. The cold metal soothes his burning hand. Coldness spreads through him like a forest fire. He pauses before turning the knob.
"I'm sorry Bonnie. But I have to get Damon back if it's the last thing I do." He turns the round circular object and dashes out the door.
Memories of him come flushing back. Like a whirlpool, it spins around his head. The memories jab at the side of his head. The emotions hurtle towards him at full speed. Little bullets rip through his head. He squirms around, tears welling up in his eyes. The memories spin around in his brain, trying to find their rightful place in his head. He feels a little jab on his neck. Something was penetrating his skin, something sharp and painful. He can feel some sort of liquid come out of something and going directly into his body. It stings on the area for a second before another jab comes at him. It was on his leg. His left leg stings a lot more. The pain comes out as moans from Damon. He can feel himself shaking. His eyes are still closed, but he can sense what it was that stung him. Sera.
A burning sensation overcomes him. His limbs are tired and they're throbbing. He's too scared to look down and see the bites. He can't. It's too painful to move. For the first time, Damon Salvatore is scared.
I should be immune to werewolf venom by now.
He twitches his eyes, trying his hardest to open it. He manages to open it and sees Sera talking to Vaughn.
"S-S-Sera!" Damon yells out. The black hair woman continues to talk to Vaughn.
"Ssss Sera… Why are y-you t-t-talking to him?" Damon cries out. She turns around with her eyes glowing. It's illuminating the dark night, a shade of yellow shining like a star in the sky. Damon feels blinded by her eyes. It wasn't that her eyes were that bright that it would blind him, it was the fact that Damon was now sensitive to light, for what reason, he doesn't know.
His eyes get cloudy with bright lights popping in and out. He can see a shadowed figure glowing in the dark night getting closer to him. He slumps back down onto the tree as the shadow slowly injects some contents into his body. He can feel himself getting weaker, as the pulses on his leg and neck dim down. His whole leg feels swollen, while he can barely swallow. His heart beats faster, as he feels like a helpless person trapped inside someone's body.
His peripheral vision closes in on him, as his heart slows down. He can't move anything, but he's instead forced to listen to the dreaded conversation.
"Good job Seraphina."
"Thanks, boss. Do I get to see my family now?"
"Your job is not done yet. I will tell you your last task before you can go and see your family."
"This was not the agreement."
"My way or the highway. You can see your family, or you can see pieces of your family."
"Tell me what the task is."
"What's the fun in that?"
"What?"
"It's no fun when someone is telling you to do something."
"I'm not following…"
"I want you to do something to Damon, just make it brutal. We wouldn't want him to leave this place fully intact. I want a broken and damaged Damon."
"I will do that, consider it done. But afterward, will you let me be with my family?"
"Results will determine, Seraphina. Do a bad job, and I'll kill them right in front of you. Do a good job, I'll let you be with them for a month."
Damon can feel his hearing faltering. His eyes are still closed, but his brain muddled with thoughts. Just when he thought Sera was his friend. She just had to go and backstab him. Disbelief drizzles in the air, but in Damon's mind, it wasn't drizzling. His mind was conquering up a whole storm- a tsunami if you will.
I'm going to write chapter 18 right now. I'll try and finish it by Monday! Thank you so much. You guys are the best.
-Angela
