Damon could sense what happened before Caroline called.
Damon there was an accident, she recounted on the phone. Bonnie is dead, she finished.
He dropped the phone and ran from the house to the hospital. He knew he shouldn't have let her go. He knew what would happen if she died. No one probably knew but him that his blood was in her system. There was no doubt that baby Gilbert, vampire Barbie, and Elena would be furious with him, but no one would thank him. No one would understand that he did it to keep her alive, not to make her or anyone's life hell.
When he arrived at the hospital he saw Caroline crying her eyes out, while Jeremy sat in the waiting room silent as stone. When they noticed he had arrived he could see the rage in Jeremy's eyes. Obviously Bonnie had turned.
"Damon how could you!" Caroline screamed at him. "You knew she would never want this life. That she would rather die than to be like us. Did you even consider that this would happen? Did you even think?"
Damon threw her against the wall holding her throat as tight as he could while glaring at her and grimaced his face. He was angry; boy was he angry. He wanted to kill Caroline for the way he insulted her. Did he think? That's all he did was think. He thought about her nearly lifeless form lying across the field. He thought about how pale her caramel skin looked compared to the liveliness it normally held. He thought about attending another funeral, for another person whose death he caused. He saved Bonnie because he wanted to be someone's hero. But now, he was the villain once more.
Caroline's eyes turned black ready to fight the elder vampire. To her he was a cocky sob who never thought about his actions. He of all people should know how hard this life was and what it was like to have your choice taken away from you. He had not choice, she had no choice, and Bonnie had no choice. With too many things left to chance, she knew ending him would be on guaranteed victory. Sort of like fate is she thought about it.
"Enough!" Jeremy screamed at the two vampires who were about to rip each others throats out. Both heads snapped to see the gutsy teenager looming over them, anguish and anger written in his eyes.
"This is neither the time nor place for this fight. Bonnie will be conscious any minute now and the two people who can help her the most are about to kill each other," he continued.
He turned to Damon meeting his now sorrowful eyes, "Look Damon," he said as he swung his arms on his shoulder, "I know what you did was in an effort to save Bonnie, she explained it to me on the phone. Honestly, I feel like this is my fault. I should have told her to quit these escapades a long time ago and that she could get hurt. I guess I with everything that was going on in my head I got distracted."
They all stood silently after Jeremy's revelation. Everyone felt it was there fault for what happened to Bonnie. Suddenly the nurse came into the room and told Caroline Bonnie was awake and had already had a blood bag. Damon looked at Caroline quizzically wondering how the nurse knew.
"I compelled her, sue me," she said as if reading his mind. She then proceeded to compel the nurse to forget all about vampires, the compulsion, and to discharge Bonnie that night. A hospital was the last place she needed to be after a transformation, something Caroline knew too well. The three walked to Bonnie's room in complete silence. Each very unprepared for what they witnessed. All had been prepared to see a crazed vampire-witch hybrid with black eyes and teeth bared. Instead, they were met with a vampire-witch hybrid calmly slurping down an O-negative blood bag as if it were a juice box.
"Hey Bonnie," Caroline said with her bubbliest of bubbly voices. "How are you feeling?"
"I feel...dead," she stated like it was nothing. She knew what she had become. While she was spinning on the road, she knew what she was going to be. She had a millisecond to prepare herself, but no amount of time could have prepared her for the life she had ahead of her. She was no longer Bonnie the witch, now she was Bonnie the witch-vampire hybrid. Holding her head, she could not believe the mess her life was about to become.
"Do you remember anything from the accident," Damon asked her.
"I remember headlights, big bright headlights. I also remember spinning and then hitting my head," she said in an almost inaudible level.
"Do you remember the car? Color? Model? Brand?" he probed. "Come on tap into the witchy ju ju stuff and see what you find." If this was a planned attack, they needed to know from who and how to defend themselves.
"Go to hell Damon," she said sounding exhausted. "All I can remember is that the car was red and kind of and old style. Maybe the 50's."
He looked into her eyes with the most sincere look he could muster, "Thank you Bonnie, I only need to know so I can keep you safe."
She paused shocked at his words. "I know," she said looking into his oceanic eyes.
Something in Damon's mind knew he had seen that car before in Mystic Falls...he just couldn't place where.
"Where is Jeremy?" she asked interrupting his thoughts. Damon and Caroline turned to see that Jeremy had in fact disappeared from behind them.
"I'll try and find him," Damon stated. Even though he didn't like the kid, Bonnie found it necessary for him to be there so he was going to damn well be there. When he turned the corner he heard Jeremy talking in another room. Peaking thorough the glass panel, he saw that he was talking to no one yet having a full conversation.
I realize what she is now Anna and I realize there will be people coming after her. Jeremy paused and turned facing a new direction as if two people were in the room. No Vicki I'm not just going to stake her she's still my girlfriend and she will not kill anyone...I hope, he said as he stormed out of the room running into Damon.
"What was that about?" Damon asked.
"Nothing. Move, I want to make sure Bonnie is ok," he demanded trying to maneuver his way around the older man.
Damon did a quick step blocking his way down the hall rendering Jeremy immobile.
"I said move," he ordered, his word dripping with anger. For added emphasis he attempted to shove Damon to the side only to get pinned by the neck against the door
Damon craned his head to whisper into Jeremy's ear. "I will kill you before you can even think of killing her." He released Jeremy's neck allowing his body to fall to the ground.
"By the way," he called. "That girl your so willing to stake is asking for you."
With that Damon entered Bonnie's room and told her he had to leave. He could not bear to watch Gilbert touch her and kiss her so tenderly when he had all intentions to stab her in the back if she slipped once. When he entered the room, Bonnie lit up immediately. He was that sliver of hope for her that things could be normal even though she was not. To bad that sliver might just be the one to stab her in the back.
When she was finally home, Caroline flopped onto her couch making no effort to move a muscle. She looked around her living room and found it empty with Bonnie not there. After the sacrifice, her mom kicked her out of the house with warning that if she ever caught her feeding on a human, she would not hesitate to stake her. Caroline truly believed her mother loved her deep down inside, but could not handle what she had become. In the end she got her wish, her mother was no longer ignoring her, but now she was hunting her. As she closed her eyes she heard a knock at the door.
"Good grief," she muttered under her breath. She had not planned on moving for at least another 5 hours. When she opened the door however, she was met with a more than pleasant surprise. There in front of her was her knight in beige.
"Hey, sorry I couldn't make it to the hospital, the pack has been a little restless since Jules died," said Tyler after placing a chaste kiss on her cheek. After Mason was killed, Tyler relinquished his alpha powers to Jules until he felt he was ready to lead. Now with her death, he had no choice.
"It's ok I just got home,"
"How is she?"
"She's awake and hungry. Jeremy is staying with her an making sure she's getting blood of the bag variety."
"Good," he said with a smile. "So what does my favorite vampire want to do tonight?"
"Um, your favorite vampire is actually kind of tired and would like to go to bed. Maybe a movie on TV?"
"We could just watch Teen Wolf instead. The finale is on tonight."
"Very funny Tyler, but werewolves just aren't my thing," she said as she scowled her face.
"Really because that's not what you were saying last night, or should I jog your memory," he whispered and he began to kiss her neck and ears.
"No," she said as she pushed him off of her. "No jogging tonight, just sitting and watching the a movie."
"Fine," he said cockily. "But you'll break once you see these abs of steel."
"I think I'll be fine," as she got up heading towards her bedroom. "Are you coming doggy or should I just leave some water and food by the couch?"
He turned his head glaring at her with a smirk on his face. "Now you're going to get it," he said chasing her into the room causing her to shriek and run for the bathroom.
As Damon approached his driveway, it hit him. The only red 50's car he's ever seen in Mystic Falls was owned by someone long gone from here. As he raced for his garage he was slightly afraid of what he would find. He was not afraid of the owner of this car, but who this person had become. See this person had two sides, one was sweet and caring, the other was vicious and ripper like. As the garage went up he heard a car door open in the garage. He saw the dents and missing headlights. The further it raised the more of the figure he could see. He knew whom it was he just did not want to believe it. He heard footsteps coming from the darkness and saw Italian leather loafers step into the light. He looked into the eyes of the intruder knowing they were not the same gentle and kind eyes that left Mystic Falls. Instead they were filled with a dark passion, a passion to kill.
"Hello Brother."
A/N: Thank you guys so much for reading, reviewing, and alerting. Hope your enjoying. Hopefully next chapter later this week depending on my schedule. And again if your reading my other stories, I'll try to work on those this week. By the way I'm also a big Forwood fan so I hope you enjoyed their little moment.
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