Bloodlust
Timeline: Plan B
Parings: Bonnie/Damon, Stefan/Elena, Caroline/?
A/N: As always I've got to acknowledge the people that review (Meye, Cynner, Mikaela W, KivaJayelle, LunaSolTerra, SmilesX10, Hellz-on-Earth, NaeNae1495, smokey-eyed amazon warrior, konka, RockerChick08, BlackDove13, gene14, Sachmet, and zozo42) and also to the people that put my story on their alerts and favored it as well. Whoa, it's been a while. Sorry school started and already I'm getting swamped with stuff. But don't fret; I will still work on this story. I'm already working on Chapter 8. As always I'm kind of iffy on my chapter so here it goes!
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The sun was bright and shining early next morning. The strong rays of sunshine told everybody it was going to be a beautiful day. To anybody else, it meant a new day for new things. For Damon Salvatore, it meant that it was too fucking bright. The vampire turned away from the light, choosing to wallow in the dark. He picked up his glass filled with bourbon and swallowed the whole thing in one gulp. The alcohol burned down his throat, making him feel the heat.
Upset, the vampire threw the glass at the wall, fascinated by the raining broken pieces. How was he supposed to act to that kind of information? Vampires couldn't reproduce. It was impossible. Then he thought about what Stefan had said. The Bennett witches were capable of anything, even making the impossible possible.
He really hadn't thought about being a father. Like he had told Bonnie, his own was a pretty shitty example. And being an eternal stud was pretty awesome. Maybe this was his only chance to have a family of his own. But then he thought about Bonnie, who couldn't forgive him and his actions.
Did he really expect the witch to suddenly forgive him after what he had done? He'd be lying if said no. He knew he could never expect her to absolutely forgive him but maybe he could get her to tolerate him more. If there was one thing he was really good at, it was being persistent, and, ok torture.
Damon was about to go looking for another glass when he heard someone knocking at the front door. He quickly sped from the study to the foyer. When he opened the door, Jeremy Gilbert was standing there and Damon knew he should've had another drink before he answered. "I need to talk to you." Jeremy said urgently.
Damon obviously didn't care. "And why do I need to talk to you?" he said shutting the door in his face. The teen tried to stop him. "Tyler Lockwood has to kill someone before the curse can be activated. That means he's not a werewolf yet."
The vampire didn't care and the boy was starting to piss him off. "Wow, fascinating. I don't care." Damon tried to close the door again but again Jeremy stopped him. He had to admit the boy had balls. "Mason Lockwood is one though. He's looking a small, white stone called a moonstone. It has a special connection to the werewolf legend. It's why he's here and I can tell you where it is. " Jeremy hoped the vampire was interested.
Damon suddenly became interested but had a feeling something else was up. "And you're telling me this why?" "Do I need a reason? I just want to help. I don't want to sit on the sidelines, I want to actually help." The blue-eyed vampire smirked. "What did your big sister say about all this?"
The teen shifted nervously and gave Damon the answer he was looking for. "Oh I get it, you haven't told her about it?" "Elena is protective about me. She doesn't want me to get involved in all of this." The vampire chucked, obviously amused. "You Gilberts annoy me. You always have to be involved in everything. But I guess I should take pity on you. Your search for life's purpose is as obvious as it is tragic. Come in." He said moving away from the door.
Bonnie straightened up her back as she helped decorate the Lockwood Mansion for the Masquerade Ball tomorrow night. She wasn't going to attend but she decided to at least help. After Damon left last night, Bonnie dragged her tired body back to her bed and cried herself to sleep. She had wanted to talk to Caroline but she knew the blonde was spending time with her mother.
Bonnie was getting ready to paint the giant masquerade masks some of the volunteers handed her when Elena walked in. "Hey Bonnie" Elena said smiling. The witch put down the masks and hugged her. "How are you Elena?" "Good, hey can we go somewhere and talk?" "Sure, no problem." The witch said getting up.
Elena led Bonnie out the mansion and into the courtyard. She led her to a bench opposite a giant pond. Bonnie sat down next to Elena. "Bonnie, I fear that we're going apart and I don't feel like much of a friend to you. Bonnie, I've been keeping secrets from you. I didn't even tell you that Stefan and I were pretending to fight because Katherine was making Caroline keep tabs on us."
"No wonder Caroline was being so pushy the other day. She desperately didn't want you to take me home at the barbeque. Don't worry Elena; I have been keeping secrets from you as well. I wanted to tell you, I just didn't know how to tell you." Bonnie said. "A couple of days after that had happened, I've began to feel sick. It turns out, I'm pregnant Elena."
Elena stared wide eyed at the witch. "Oh, Bonnie." Was all Elena said before she grabbed Bonnie in a hug. She pulled back and wiped the tears away. "Wait, does Damon know?" The brunette asked. Bonnie hesitated for a moment. "He figured it out. He actually had the nerve to deny that it was his."
"Seriously? I know Damon is an ass, but seriously?" "I know! He showed up last night to tell me he changed his mind." The brunette couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Have you told anybody else? What about your dad?" Bonnie sighed at the million dollar question. "Well Caroline knows, and Damon told Stefan. As for my dad, I have no idea. I don't know if I'm actually keeping it."
Elena saddened at the notion of abortion. She knew she wanted children but that wasn't an option with Stefan. "You'll always have me and Caroline to help you out if you decide to keep it." "Thanks Elena, I appreciate that. Oh I almost forgot. Katherine came by to pay me a visit. She said she needed me for something."
"Did she say what?" "No, but she sure seemed pretty adamant about taking me before Damon stopped her." Elena wondered why Katherine needed Bonnie. She'd have to ask Stefan later about it. "Let's make a pact. No more secrets between us, ok?" Elena said holding out her hand. Bonnie smiled and shook her hand, sealing the pact. "No more secrets."
Elena stood up and helped the witch to her feet. They both smiled, knowing that their friendship was still intact. "Soooo, has Caroline called dibs on godmother?" Elena asked as they made their way back to the mansion. "Of course, it's Caroline. I guess you have to be the sexy aunt." Elena thought about for a while. "I guess I could pull that off. Jenna did, it should be a piece of cake for me." Both girls laughed, each thinking how grateful she was for having the other as a friend.
Damon was nursing a new glass of scotch when he heard another knock. The vampire groaned, not wanting to get up. "Hey, make yourself useful and go get the door." Jeremy glared at him but left nonetheless. When he came back, following him was the history teacher/ vampire hunter Alaric holding a box much like the one he seen on their trip to Duke.
"What is he doing here?" Alaric asked the vampire. Damon rolled his eyes in annoyance. "He came here all on his own. Heroic figures are really tragic." Jeremy spoke up for himself. "I'm helping Damon. I'm the one that found out about the moonstone."
"Does Elena know that you're here?" "No, she doesn't, Elena doesn't want me to participate in this but I can take care of myself."
Damon and Alaric shrugged their shoulders. "So Rick, what do you have for me?" The history teacher opened the lid on the box he had brought. "Vanessa sent me the rest of Isobel's research."
"She did huh? After she tried to kill me, this is the least she could do." Damon said bring the glass to his lips. He handed it to Alaric, which he turned down. "Do you remember the Aztec curse she told us about?"
The vampire thought about it for a moment. "Sun and the Moon, something something something?" Jeremy interrupted them, "An Aztec curse? Cool." Damon rolled his eyes and went to go and refill his glass while the blue-eyed man continued. "A long time ago, vampires and werewolves used to roam free until a shaman placed a curse on them to limit their powers. Since then, werewolves could only change during a full moon and vampires are weakened by the sun."
Damon chuckled. "Not if they have a special trinket." Jeremy though about the new information he just received. "What do mean by sealed?" He asked turning to Alaric then Damon. "It means that it's a witch thing. Whenever something is spelled, usually it means it can also be de-spelled." Damon thought about what he said and swore loudly. "Bonnie."
Alaric and Jeremy looked at him strangely. "What about Bonnie?" The teen asked. "If you wanted someone to break the curse, who would you use?" Damon asked, trying to see if they could figure it out.
"A witch." Alaric though about it. "Wait, you're telling me Bonnie's a witch?" the brown-eyed teen asked, shocked. "Katherine wanted Bonnie for something, but she wouldn't say what for. Fuck." Damon ignored the teen. "I can get the moonstone from Tyler." he said, excited. Damon groaned and drowned his scotch. "Now you're actually good for something. Get up; we're going to the Lockwoods." Damon said heading out the door while Jeremy followed him. Damn, he hated being right all the time.
Bonnie was looking out of the gardens. Moments ago, Matt had borrowed Elena for some advice and she humbly excused herself. Sitting down on the rocky bench, Bonnie unconsciously touched her still flat stomach. She had been doing it a lot lately. She hated the thought of not keeping it but she didn't know how she would be able to keep it. When her dad found out, he would blow a gasket. He had already told her his no-nonsense policy about teen pregnancy.
She realized that it was not the child's fault that it was conceived unwittingly. Even if Damon denies his parentage, she could still raise it by herself. It didn't need to suffer even if its father is the biggest jerk she knew. With that, she made up her mind, she would keep it. A grin crept across Bonnie's face. A lot of pressure had been lifted off of her shoulders just then. It was a joyous occasion; she wanted to share it with someone. Unfortunately, Elena was still talking to Matt and Caroline was still at the Boarding House with her mom. Getting up, she thought she had saw Stefan around here somewhere.
Looking around, she had spotted Stefan by the bar talking to Mason. He had a look on his face that seemed like the conversation was heating up. Interested, Bonnie headed towards the pair.
Bonnie walked towards Mason and he accidently bumped into her. Images flew through her mind, causing her to slightly stumble. "Sorry Bonnie" he said as he walked away. "Bonnie, are you alright?" Stefan asked. "When I touched him, I saw something weird." "What was it?" "I saw Elena and Damon making out. Weird, right?" Bonnie chuckled slightly but stopped when she saw Stefan deep in thought. "Elena would never kiss Mason."
A light bulb brightly burned in Stefan's mind. "You didn't see Elena, you saw Katherine." The vampire ran his hand through his hair while Bonnie looked at him surprised. "So you're saying that Mason is in cahoots with Katherine?" She shuddered in disgust. He could do way better. "I need to go find Damon. Bonnie, I wouldn't ask you unless it was necessary but will you come with me?" The witch sighed in frustration. "Damon….." She started but Stefan waved his hand at the name. "I'll make sure he's on his beast behavior." "Fine, Stefan. But only because it's you." She said. Nodding, the vampire led the witch to the empty outdoor patio while he texted his brother where to meet him.
Damon felt his phone beep. Looking at it, he wondered what his brother had found out. Walking out of the main house, he crossed the vibrant green lawn to where Stefan had asked him to meet. As he got closer, he could smell honey, cinnamon, and power all wrapped into one. Bonnie, he thought. He knew that scent anywhere.
When he arrived at his destination, Bonnie was there sitting down at a table while Stefan paced in front of her. "To what do I owe the pleasure of meeting you two here?" He asked with his signature smirk. Bonnie rolled her eyes at the vampire. "I touched Mason and had a vision of him and Katherine kissing."
"What? Mason Lockwood?" "Yeah, can't believe we missed it. He showed up right after she did." Damon was still baffled. "Come on, though Mason Lockwood? Werewolf thing aside, the guy's a surfer. She should have a better taste in men."
"She chose you didn't she?" Bonnie muttered, well aware of the fact he had super hearing. Damon looked at the witch smiling. "I have certain dashing charms." Bonnie scoffed and Stefan watched the pair, slightly laughing.
"Anyways, Katherine has to be using him. It's the only reason why she'd use her charms on him." "Why would she use him? What does she need him to do?" Stefan asked, clearly perplexed.
"We know Mason is looking for the moonstone, which allegedly has the power to break the full moon werewolf curse. Maybe Katherine wants it as well." "Why?" "No idea. But my spidey sense tells me it has to do with two things: the witch and the werewolf."
Both brothers turned towards the copper-skinned witch who looked at them in shock. "What do you mean?" She asked the elder brother. "Katherine obviously wants you for something, probably to de-spell it. Question is why would she involve Mason? That's the beauty of Katherine, always up to something." He said while sighing.
"Stop reminiscing. How are we going to find out what she's up to?" Bonnie glanced at the two, hoping she could find some answers. "First, we need to get to the source of all this. How are we going get the moonstone?" Stefan wondered.
Damon smiled wickedly. "That is the easy part. Jeremy is getting it from Tyler." Bonnie and Stefan cried out in outrage. "Damon, you got Jeremy involved in all of this?" Bonnie yelled. "Why are you yelling at me for? He's the one that involved himself. I didn't force him to play Indiana Jones."
"Stefan, do something. Jeremy can't be in this. I don't want another innocent person to get caught between the supernatural things that go on in this town." She viewed the look on Stefan's face as he spoke. "Bonnie, Jeremy is free to make his own choices. If he chooses to help, what can I do?"
"I see. If you won't help, then I am going to go talk to Elena." Bonnie said getting up. Damon sped over to the table and forced her back down into the chair. "Damn it witch! The kid wants to help. I say let him even though he clearly is very stupid. Let it go. Right now, we need to find out what Katherine wants with the moonstone and why she's using Mason and the best way to do that is to get the words straight out the horse's mouth."
"Let go Damon, I'm only going to give you this warning once." Bonnie threatened. Stefan stepped back while Damon tightened his grip, issuing a challenge. With a raised eyebrow, Damon felt a sharp pain in his head. It felt as if he was painfully burning over and over again. He cried out in pain and released her arm.
Falling down under the sheer pain, Damon grabbed in head as if the gesture would alleviate his agony. Bonnie rose, looming over him. Stefan watched the interaction between the two. He wanted to help but Damon dug his own grave from the beginning. It was only when Bonnie started to wobble, that he decided to step in.
He sped towards the couple and grabbed the mortal, breaking her concentration. "Bonnie!" Stefan yelled. He led her back to the chair, while he helped Damon get back on his feet. "Shit, witch." Damon groaned as his supernatural healing took effect. Bonnie breathed in and out as her heart beat loudly in her chest. "Are you alright Bonnie?" Stefan inquired worriedly.
The witch nodded robotically. "So now that our pissing contest is over, are you going to help us witch?" Stefan smacked his brother on the shoulder. "Please?" Damon added. Bonnie thought about her options. If she didn't help them, she wouldn't know why Katherine wanted her to de-spell the moonstone and they would all be in the dark. If she did help them, she would be too far deep and she wouldn't be able to get out.
"Fine, I'll help you." She reluctantly agreed. "What do you need me to do?" Stefan started to speak but the sound of his ringtone distracted them. Glancing at the screen, Stefan excused himself, leaving the pair alone. "Place nice, Damon." Stefan warned the blue-eyed vampire.
"Always." He said to the retreating figure. He turned back to the green-eyed witch. "All you have to do is touch Mason to see what he and Katherine are up to." Bonnie rolled her eyes at him. "My power doesn't work that way. I don't get to ask questions."
"How inconvenient." "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know that I was inconveniencing you with my powers. I guess you don't really need my inconvenient powers." Bonnie said crossing her arms. "Ha, very funny. So what's with the witchy juju that you do with me? You know the fun one that makes my brain into flames, what is that?"
"That's me giving you an aneurysm. Your blood vessels in your brain go pop. But since you heal quickly, I get to do it over and over and over again."
Damon thought about that. "Is it vampire specific?" "It'd work on anyone with a supernatural healing ability." Bonnie knew as soon as she said those words, she would regret it. "Damon, you better not kill him."
"No promises."
Stefan re-joined the pair, catching the end of their conversation. "Bonnie, are you sure you're up to this?" "I have to be Stefan. There's no other way." Damon felt his phone beep. He looked at it seeing a text message from the younger Gilbert. Opening it, he read the message and swore. "Shit, Indiana Jones just told me dog boy gave the moonstone to the other dog. Guess we're going to have to beat it out of him."
He grabbed the witch by her arm. "Come on witch. Time to show me how good you are at acting." He dragged Bonnie from the chair and led her out from the patio with a brooding Stefan following them, worrying how fast Damon's plan will go awry.
Mason had what he needed and now it was time for him and Katherine's plan to go into effect. He knew that Katherine loved him and by breaking the curse, they would run away together and never have to deal with the curse again. He hurriedly walked outside to his jeep. On the way there, he saw Bonnie struggling with a table that was obviously too heavy for her.
"Hey Bonnie, how'd you stuck doing that by yourself?" He asked the struggling girl. "All the other guys bailed on me. They were talking about the game and left me, knowing that Mrs. Lockwood wanted these done in thirty minutes."
Mason laughed and started to help her put the table back in the truck. When he was finished, he smelled something strange coming off the girl in front of him. He had smelled it before when he was in the vicinity of her. It was pleasant, like a whiff of honey and cinnamon but there was something else. Something that called to the animal part of him. "I'm sorry." She whispered as he felt a horrific pain course through his skull.
Bonnie stood there concentrating as the werewolf screamed out in pain. Bonnie held the aneurysm until Damon put a hand on her shoulder as he watched, in malicious delight, the werewolf succumb to the pain. "Every dog has his day, huh?" He taunted, kicking the werewolf in the face, rendering him unconscious.
Bonnie looked at Mason's unconscious form and grimaced. She hadn't wanted to do it but like always she had no other alternative. Bonnie watched as Stefan helped Damon put Mason's body in the back of his truck. Damon opened the passenger door for her. "Your carriage waits." He said smirking at her. "My ass." She muttered as she finally got into the truck.
Stefan tossed the keys he found in Mason's pocket to Damon which he caught with ease. "Damon, play nice, at least with Bonnie." Stefan pleaded with his brother. "I'll try but I won't promise anything." He joked. Stefan watched as the truck roared to life and sped down the road. He hoped they'd get their answers without any problems.
To an onlooker, it would seem that the person who was driving the truck was reckless with the way he was weaving in and out of traffic. But in reality, Damon drove cautiously. Using his enhanced scenes, Damon was able to drive without continually looking at the road.
To Bonnie, all of the weaving was causing havoc on her stomach. She was already feeling weak by performing the spell, and the driving was making feel even crappier. "Could you stop that, please?" She asked feeling the bile threatening to rise. "Don't worry, I am a perfect driver." He said, turning his gaze to her. She avoided his stare, choosing to look out the window instead.
Damon reached over and buckled the seatbelt for Bonnie. Bonnie gasped in surprise and slight fear. "Don't worry, I won't bite. Just wanted to make sure you two are safely secured in case some asshole decided to challenge me in a race or whatever you teenagers do." Bonnie rolled her eyes but thank him nonetheless. "I've decided that I wanted to take the proverbial plunge and accept the fact that the kid is mine." Damon said looking straight ahead at the road.
Emerald green eyes widened. "Did I just hear you correctly? You want to take responsibility? I thought that you said vampires can't have kids." Bonnie said wanting to hear why he had the sudden change of heart. "Shit, witch. I just owned up to the fact I have a kid and you want to play twenty questions?"
She stared at him with a glare. "Tell me the reason why?" The vampire growled. "Can't you just leave it at that? I want to take responsibility, is that so hard to understand?"
"You're Damon Salvatore. You don't do anything without a reason." Damon felt his fangs itching to be released. He wanted to forcefully pin her down and make her understand but he controlled himself. Been there, done that, he thought. Doing that would only set him back. She wasn't like Elena; she wasn't going to forgive him.
Damon abruptly stopped the truck. The movement caused the witch to lurch forward. If she didn't have the seat beat on, it would've hurt like hell. He turned towards the witch and grabbed both her forearms. "I'm not a sparkly vampire; I'm not going to pour my heart out in a poem or some gay ass shit like that. If I say I'm going to do something then I will. So are you going to give me the chance to do it or not?"
Bonnie slightly bit her bottom lip. This is what she wanted, right? "I will, Damon but like I told you last night. I won't forgive you. I can't. There are rules, though. Just because you're taking responsibility for this child doesn't mean you own me or anything like that." She said.
Damon's chilly-blue eyes blazed with anger and his jaw clinched. She was making it hard for him to do things. "Fine." He agreed but he didn't promise anything. He never did anything half-assed and he wasn't going to start now.
Starting the truck once more, Damon raced his way to the Boarding House. He wanted to argue more but he didn't know how much longer the werewolf would be out. He had a lot of question to force out of the mangy mutt.
Damon grabbed the man out of the trunk and slung him over his shoulder after helping the witch get out of the truck. "Grab the bag." He ordered. She grabbed the heavy bag and followed him into the house.
Walking to the study, Damon, uncaringly, dropped Mason. Blurring out of sight, he reappeared holding a chair. Following behind him, Bonnie carried the bag and dropped it on a nearby chair. "Here's his bag, as requested." Damon picked Mason up and dropped him on the chair.
"Grab that corner." He said as he spread a tan sheet around the chair. "Damon, why are we doing this?" "I don't want to stain the carpet. It's an antique." Bonnie finished and stood up, looking him dead in the eye. "Damon…." She started but he cut her off. "Bonnie, give me a break. I mean the guy nearly killed me. Do you honestly think I'm not going to make him bleed a little?" She didn't respond.
Damon went through the bag and whistled in surprised. "Whoa, the mangy mutt is used to being tied up. Didn't think he'd be into bondage." The vampire said as he used the chains as rope to tie the werewolf up. Bonnie moved Mason's head from side to side as she tried to get a vision. "What are you doing?"
"Hey the whole point of me being here was to help you find the moonstone. I am trying to get a glimpse of it." She said, closing her eyes. "Goody. Find out where it is, if he gave it to Katherine, and what are they planning to do with it once they get it."
"Didn't I just tell you my powers don't work like that? Anyway, be quiet. I need to focus." Bonnie said. Suddenly, she felt the familiar surge of power as the images poured into her mind. She cried out a little but still kept the connection. As the images left, she opened her eyes to find Damon holding on to her waist, a look of worry engraved on his handsome face. "What did you see?" He asked. "I saw it. It's in a box at the bottom of a well. As I got closer to the water, it burned me for some reason." She said dropping her hands, breaking the link.
"Where is the well?" "I've been there before, when I was younger. It's on the old Lockwood property." Bonnie said, noticing how close Damon was to her. He became aware of where his hand was and removed it quickly before she burnt it. "Why would it be in a well?" Damon asked, a million thoughts running through his mind. "Damon, we've been over this before."
Suddenly a hand shot up and grabbed one of Bonnie's hands in an iron-hard grip. She yelled, surprised, and struggled to get free. Damon reacted quickly, pulling her free. "Ok, I'm done, I'm finished. Services no longer needed. Got to go and get this moonstone." Bonnie raced towards the door, clearly frightened.
Damon quickly sped in front of her, blocking her exit. "Bonnie, thank you." The green-eyed witch was stumped. This was only the second time he had thanked her and be so sincere about it. "You're welcome." She replied.
Damon stepped aside and watched as she walked out of the room. He felt something for her but he didn't dwell on it. Emotions were complicated and he had only just accepted the fact that he fathered a child. He shook it off; he would deal with it later. Right now, he had to go torture and torment a werewolf.
As soon as Bonnie left, she texted Stefan the location of the moonstone. For some reason, the burning water left her uneasy. She had learned never to ignore her instincts. "Bonnie!" Caroline called. "Did you find the moonstone thingy?"
"Yeah I found out where it was. Do you want to come? I have a bad feeling about how easily I found it." Bonnie said, rubbing her arms. The blonde's sea-blue eyes lit up at the prospect of helping. "Can I help?" Bonnie smiled, "Of course."
The bubbly vampire grabbed Bonnie's arms and led her to her car. She wanted to help in any way she could.
When the duo arrived close to the well, Bonnie knew something was wrong by the sounds of someone yelling. Caroline heard the yelling as well and grabbed Bonnie's hand. Without warning, Caroline sped into the woods with Bonnie in tow.
Not accustomed to the increase in speed, Bonnie let go of Caroline's hand and suddenly emptied the contents of her stomach. When she was finished, she quickly wiped her mouth with the tissue Caroline had waiting for her. "Thanks," she mumbled.
Elena was surprised by the arrival of the two but was thankful she had help. "Bonnie, Caroline. We have to help Stefan. He's down there and I can't move the chains and…"
"Elena, calm down. What's wrong?" Bonnie interrupted. "Vervain. The well is filled with vervain." She said, close to sobbing. Caroline looked around and grabbed the iron chains. "We can use this." Caroline fashioned the chains into a pulley. Elena hurriedly wrapped the chains around her, while Bonnie helped lower her into the well.
The pair watched as Elena secured Stefan into the pulley. "Ok Caroline, pull him up." She said. Caroline used her strength to pull the injured vampire up out of the toxic water. One he was up, Bonnie helped the vampire out of the chains and onto the ground.
The vervain had peeled off most of his skin. Bonnie felt a stinging feeling on her fingers. Curious, she looked at them and noticed the skin was peeling off. Quickly, she hid it from Caroline's view. Whatever it was, it was not good. "Pull me up guys." Elena yelled from the well. Caroline made quick work of sending the chains back down. "Caroline, hurry!"
"Okay!" The blonde vampire hastily pulled the chains up. Bonnie grabbed Elena, helping her out of the well. When Elena was free, she gave the small box to Bonnie and ran to Stefan, hoping he was okay. Seeing that he was hurt pretty bad, Elena cut herself with the sharp rock next to her. Holding the wound to his mouth, Elena begged Stefan to drink. After a few seconds, Elena cried out in joy as Stefan drank greedily from her.
Bonnie dropped the box in pain. The vervain water was burning her hands and she accidently cried out in pain. Caroline turned away from the scene. The smell of human blood was too tempting. "Bonnie what's wrong?" Caroline asked but Bonnie dismissed her. "Nothing, Caroline. I thought I saw a snake."
Caroline had been friends with Bonnie long enough to know when she was lying. "Let me see your hands." She demanded. Bonnie sighed, cursing herself. She opened her hands palms up to reveal the corroding skin. "I don't understand. How can you be affected by the vervain? You're human-ish."
"I guess it's the pregnancy. That's the only reasonable explanation." Caroline took off her white sweater and tore the sleeves off. Gently touching the decomposing skin, Caroline wrapped the palms. "There all better." She said, admiring her work.
Bonnie numbly looked at her now bandaged hand. Was this because her child was half-vampire? There were so many things she didn't know and how they affected her. It was going to be a long pregnancy.
Damon heated the fire poker over the fire. It seems that the normal torture techniques weren't working. He was healing too fast and Damon was getting bored. "What can I do to make you tell me what I want to know?" Damon sang.
Jeremy heard yelling and went to see what the cause was. He did not expect to see Damon torturing Mason Lockwood. "What's going on?" Jeremy asked. "Why are you here?" He asked, causally impaling the werewolf in the chest. Damon ignored the screaming, painfully pulling it out.
Jeremy was clearly uncomfortable. "I found something in Rick's stuff that I thought you might want to look at." He said setting the box down on the cherry wood table. "I did a search on my phone. It's a plant, most commonly called wolfsbane. A lot of the sources say it's toxic."
Damon saw the way Mason squirmed and decided to go with toxic. He grabbed some of it and headed back to the torture game. "Where's Katherine up to?"
"She's here with me! Why are you asking? Are you jealous?" He said. "Tsk, Tsk. Where are my manners? I forgot to offer you anything to eat." Damon shoved the plant into his mouth, watching in wicked glee, as the toxin corroded his mouth.
Mason coughed it up, feeling the agonizing fire throughout his mouth. "Why do you want the moonstone?" "Screw you! Katherine loves me; she's going to help me break the curse." Damon sarcastically laughed. "Why in the world would a vampire help a werewolf break a curse that would let them change whenever they want?"
"She loves me!" he yelled.
Damon looked at the werewolf in front of him. "Now I get it! You're just stupid. Katherine doesn't love you, she using you, moron. Katherine only cares about the coating on her nails."
"I'm done, I'm done talking." Mason said, his sky blue-eyes burning into Damon's artic ones.
Damon agreed, "Yes you are." He turned towards to the teen. "Time to take a walk, Jeremy." Jeremy had to step in. The situation had gone too far. "I'm staying Damon. He's had enough."
Damon grabbed the teen by the neck and pushed him against the wall. "Listen here, wanna be Indiana. You want to be part of this, well here it is, kill or be killed. The guy's a werewolf; he'd kill me the second he got the chance. So you either suck it up or leave."
Damon released the teen and headed back to the tied up man. "Help Tyler. Don't let him end up like me."Mason warned the teen.
"I love her, more than you will ever know." Mason said pouring all of his emotions into the words.
"Katherine will only rip your heart out. Let me do it for you." Damon thrust his fist into the werewolf's ribcage. He quickly pulled out the small organ and watched as the life left the blue eyes. The body crumbled and Jeremy ran out of the room. He didn't blame him; watching death is never easy on a mortal.
Stefan opened the front door of his house. He had left Elena at her house and Caroline took Bonnie back to her house. He twirled the small, milky rock in his hand, contemplating the value of it. They had gone through so much for such a little object. Smelling the decay of death, Stefan walked into the study to see his older brother texting. "Carol, big opportunity in Florida. Leaving ASAP. Will send for my things, Mason."
"What are you doing?" Stefan inquired, noticing the body wrapped in the sheet. "Tying up loose ends." He said. Damon was about to throw the phone away when he saw a missed call from an unknown number. "Ooh I wonder who that could be?"
Stefan had a bad feeling about calling Katherine. "Damon, don't. Don't provoke her." Stefan tried to stop him but Damon was too quick for him. "Ringing!" he sang.
"Mason, where are you? You should've been here an hour ago." Katherine said as she picked up the phone.
"Wrong boy toy."
Katherine's voice changed from a sweet, caring tone to an annoyed one. "Damon, you surprised me, for once. I'm assuming you and Mason are together?"
"Oh yeah, he's here. But you know what? His heart's on the other side of the room."
Katherine's façade grew darker. Oh well, she would just have to get another one. "You know, the one thing I hate about you, Damon, is the fact you don't take into account that your actions have consequences."
"Guess what I found out. Your boy toy hid the moonstone in a well full of vervain. Guess he didn't trust you much, did he? Shucks."
"Damon you have no idea what you done."
"Oh really? Did I thwart you super awesome master evil plan? I'm sworry."
"You should know me by now, Damon. I always have another plan. Like for instance, Plan Bonnie, Plan Caroline, Plan Damon, Plan Elena, and so on. You know how the alphabet goes, don't you? Send my love to Stefan." She said hanging up the phone.
Damon pressed the end button. In a rage, he threw the cell phone against the wall, breaking it into pieces. "Fuck!" he said. "Great Damon, just what we need, a pissed off Katherine. This is your fault. Are you happy?" Stefan fumed as he walked out, leaving the elder vampire alone.
Things were not going the way he wanted today and to top it all off, he pissed off Katherine who was going to want retribution. Fuck me, he thought as he grabbed the body. If something happened, he'd have to deal with the penalties.
A/N: Finally another chapter finished. This took me a long time to write because I just started school. Since I'm also going out of town, it's going to take another week to finish the next chapter. A lot of things happened. Bonnie decided to keep the baby, Damon wants to take responsibility and we found out a side effect Bonnie's experiencing with a hybrid pregnancy. Cool, man Damon doesn't know when to quit! I liked this chapter but as always I'm a little iffy about it. Please review! I was up late and I don't know if the plot makes sense in some parts. It makes me smile and I would love to hear your comments.
Bamon forever, Infrena