Chapter 13
I was in the middle of my morning workout when my phone rang so I answer with my earphone as I did the rest of the pull ups.
"Hello."
"Damon, what do you want?"
"Why are you breathing so heavily?"
"I'm working out."
"Hum. Interesting. Doing what exactly?"
"Damon what do you want?"
"Meet me at the founders' hall."
"There was a disturbance at the hospital blood bank last night; some of the supply was compromised."
"Compromised? You mean stolen?" I ask the sheriff.
"We almost missed it. The inventory records were altered but when the night manager was questioned he had no recollection of changing them."
"Meaning that the vampire who stole the blood used mind control to hide the theft."
"I know what you meant." Damon says to John. Why this bastard does have to be here anyway?
"We wouldn't have noticed had John not alerted us to recent discrepancies in other hospital blood banks in the county."
"How lucky for us, we have John." Yes Damon we are so damn lucky that I need to punch another dummy and not his face.
"We're stepping up security at the hospital, giving the guard vervain to prevent this from happening again"
"Sheriff, may I offer a suggestion? Why don't Damon, Sofia and I put our heads together? We can track down whoever is doing this." Ok what is his angle?
"Truthfully I can use the extra hands. Is that something you would be willing to do?"
"Well, of course, I mean if it'll help." I tell Liz and Damon nods.
"I think we could make a good team, don't you think?" He asks looking at us and my anger was building up but Damon puts his hand on my shoulder keeping me for doing something stupid.
"John, whatever I can do to help keep this town safe; even if it means spending time with you." They both say fake smiling at each other. It was so on.
"I thought you were going to kill him." Damon says once we get to the boarding house as he offers me a drink.
"Oh I wanted to believe me." I say almost 100% meaning it. "Why can we find out what he wants?" I say to myself.
"You don't do anything until we know for sure he won't use anything against you."
"How do we know he was anything to use." I say but knowing he was right.
"You won't be must use in jail." He tells me and I drink the bourbon.
He did have a point. I see him walking away and seconds after the bell rings. Damn vampire hearing. I tried to focus on the person and I learn it was a vampire. Over the last week I have been trying to see how much my powers could take on that department and I realize I can notice if a vampire is close to me. Now I am working on how far I can notice them.
"I suppose I should be grateful, you learned how to use the bell." I hear Damon say as I see Anna getting in.
"I'm here on behalf of my mother. Hi Sofia."
"Hi Anna." I tell her with a smile and Damon looks at me not liking my closeness with the vampire.
"On behalf of or in spite of?"
"I'm sorry about what the other vampires did to Stefan. Abducting him, torturing him… It wasn't supposed to go down like that."
"You're playing house with half of a tomb of really pissed off vampires. What do you think was going to happen?"
"My mom is devastated; they tried to over throw her."
"Why isn't she here telling me this?"
"She doesn't really do apologies."
"Well, it's a coincidence, 'cause I don't do forgiveness. Just run along. And if you're going continue playing house with these little vampires pets, you might wanna stop robbing the blood bank dry because they're onto it."
"I haven't been to the local blood bank in at least a week."
"Then it's one of your others."
The others are gone, Damon."
"Well, where did they go?"
"They weren't cut out for this town. After what happened with your brother my mom kicked them out and they took off. It's just us and Harper now." Damon looks at me as I realize who stole the blood bags.
"Sofia." Mr. Lockwood calls my name and I see her passing by the street.
"Hi Mrs. Lockwood."
"Please call me Carol. Actually I have been looking for you. I now I should have asked before but would you mind performing at the Miss Mystic Falls pageant?"
Great. Sing. In a pageant. With people. I see the woman look at me with pleasing eyes. What do you get to lose if you do it? Maybe it will help me get less stressed.
"Of course Mrs… Carol."
"So you're singing." Elena tells me in the kitchen as we prepared lunch.
"Yes, you know what, it might be good."
"Well now you need to help me pick a dress." She says with a sweet face and I knew very well what she wanted.
"Fine let's go."
After Elena and I picked our dresses and had some girl time I drop her out at home and went to meet Damon since he sent me a text when we were in the shop.
"What problem do we have now?"
"It was Stefan, he admit it. After I caught him." He says and I sit on the couch.
"So what do we do?"
"I think we should take with your sister."
"God I feel so bad, just 15 minutes ago we were laughing at the shop. This is going to run her happy moment."
"Oh you went shopping without me?" Damon pouts as he comes close to me.
"Yes I did, Damon."
"You chancing in the dressing room. Hum. What underwear do you have?"
I put my hands on his shoulders turning my body to him a little bit. "What would be the fun in telling you?"
"I could think of some things." He tells dangerously close to me as the bell ringed.
"Hey partner!" God it had to be him. "Or should I say partners." He says looking at me as I got out of the couch and walked to them. "Am I interrupting some romantic moment?"
"What do you want?" I ask rudely but I didn't care. It was just the 3 of us I could show how much a hate him here.
"You haven't return any of my calls" He tells me as I roll my eyes.
"Most people take that as a hint." Damon tells him and I smirk at him.
"Where do we start looking for vampires?"
"Why the act John? You obviously don't care about catching vampires." I tell him frustrated. If we don't get anything by the end of the day I am going to read his mind. I don't care how wrong it is.
"You're here talking to me"
"Actually, I care very much"
"What Isobel say about that? I mean, considering that she is one" Oh fuck it, I'm tired out waiting, let's see what you know John.
"Isobel and I share a mutual interest. The original Jonathan Gilbert has an invention that was stolen by a vampire. That vampire was then burned alive in Fell's church, or so Jonathan thought and the invention was lost forever. But then the vampires weren't killed, were they? They were trapped and now they're free, thanks to you which means the invention is retrieval."
"What is it?"
"The only thing that matters is that I want it back and you're going to help me if you want your secret safe both of your secrets." He says looking at me.
"Why bring me into it John? I mean, I don't know what you are talking about much less who has it."
"Oh come on Damon! You were around back then, you know who these people are, what they look like. He was friendly with a woman who turned out to be a vampire. Her name was Pearl. Does that ring a bell? What about you Gennie. I am sure you could use you … persuasion to find it. Maybe get your hands dirty for someone who doesn't give a think about you. What am I saying; you already know how it feels." He tells me and I was about to do something pretty bad when I felt Damon's hand on mine stopping me.
"I'm not playing anymore. Get out. Get out."
"I beg your pardon?"
"You know, I only entertain this whole blackmail scheme thing of yours because I thought that you and Isobel could lead me to Katherine but see, now I know you've no idea where Katherine is, because if you did you would know that Katherine and Pearl were best friends. See, you don't know everything, do you John?" Got you John, not so funny when someone plays with your head is it?
"I'll tell the entire council what you are."
"Go for it! I'll kill every last one of them. Then I'll sever your hand, pull your ring off, and I'll kill you too. Do you understand that?" Damon says.
"Can I help too?" I say with a smile but with treat at the same time and I saw Damon smile at this.
I open the door of my apartment to see Damon in a suit looking very dashing.
"What are you doing here?" I ask him trying not to smile.
"Well I figure it that since I don't have a date, and you don't have a date we could go together." He says putting his arm on the door frame.
"Hum." I say with a little smile.
"And I could keep you for murdering John."
"God you had to ruin it all by bringing the jerk into the conversation."
"Hey we can drop it if you want it. What do you say Firefly?" He asks me and I smile at the nickname as he offered me his arm.
"Well since I don't have a date and you don't have a date and getting arrested for killing John isn't part of my evening plans. I would mind." I say putting my arm around his.
"Don't worry firefly I won't let you go to jail by the way you look like."
"In the running for Miss Mystic Falls?" Damon says to Anna was we walk to her with his hand on my back
"Sometimes you have to wear uncomfortable heels to blend in."
"Tell me about it." I tell her and we smile at each other.
"I remember this event from 1864, I was supposed to enter before everything happened."
"Ah, nostalgia's a bitch."
"If you're just gonna mock me can you move along please?"
"John Gilbert thinks your mom stole an artifact from Jonathan senior, senior back in 1864."
"What are you, his errand boy?" She says and I chuckles as Damon gives me a dirty look.
"He and John aren't exactly what I would call BFF's."
"That bad?"
"You have no idea." I tell her as we smile nicely at each other.
"I don't know what it is but I don't want him to have it."
"I could ask her but you know, you've made it pretty clear that you don't trust us so why should I even bother?"
"Because you want to stay in Mystic Falls and John Gilbert's in town, making that impossible." I tell her honestly.
"Find out where it is. He leaves, you can buy a welcome mat." Damon tells her and she leaves. "We make a good pair."
"Have you talked to Elena?" I ask him and I knew the answer by this face. "Damon you should have talk to her."
"We can talk to her now."
"I can't. I need to talk to the band, get the song ready."
"Oh right you're singing." He tells me with a smirk.
"Damon, go talk to Elena."
"Yes boss." He tells me letting go off his hand and walking away from me as I walk to the band.
As the woman gives the band the sign as they start playing and I see Damon walking with Elena. What is going on? God I need to focus on singing.
I'm dying to catch my breath
Oh why don't I ever learn?
I've lost all my trust,
though I've surely tried to turn it around
Can you still see the heart of me?
All my agony fades away
when you hold me in your embrace
Don't tear me down for all I need
Make my heart a better place
Give me something I can believe
Don't tear it down, what's left of me
Make my heart a better place
Make my heart a better place
As we finished everyone clapped and I knew what I saw. There was chemistry between then and for the first time in a long time I felt jealous.
"We need to find Elena." Damon tells me urgently as I nod and we go meet her and he takes us both a counter where we can speak.
"What is it, did you find him?"
"There were signs of a struggle in the upstairs bathroom. There was blood and that Amber girl is missing."
"Oh my god! He wouldn't hurt her, he won't!"
"Let's just find him, okay?" I tell trying to call Elena.
"Let's get your coat come on!"
Damon, Elena and I walk around trying to find Stefan as we stop I use my power to try to see Stefan throw someone's eyes.
"You said to run!" a feel the scare of the girl as I see Stefan approaching her
"This way." I tell them as Damon and Elena follow me.
"I changed my mind."
"Stefan!" Elena screams as we see Stefan releasing from the girl who he just bite her neck.
"Stefan, come on get control. It's okay, come on. Breath through it man." Damon tells him as I see Damon being throw against a tree and I take control in my mind as I try to use my powers to call Stefan down as Elena screams but as he got calmer I saw him falling on the grown and I saw Bonnie being us but she was weak and he ends up running away but Bonnie's eyes were on me and I knew she felt me inside Stefan's head
"We need to take care of Amber, Damon." I say as he turns to me and nods walking to the blonde teen.
"She doesn't remember what happened." I tell the Sheriff
"It's a good thing the girls got here when they did, she lost a lot of blood."
"You didn't see anything?" The woman asks Elena and Bonnie and we all look at the witch.
"Bonnie, please don't say anything." At this Bonnie looks at me shocked and I give her pleading eyes.
"No, we just found her and then called Damon." My sister answers from the two.
"Is she gonna be okay?" The witch says taking her eye from here.
"It looks like it yeah. Why don't you girls get back to the party? Damon and I can take it from here. Take the girls home will you Sofia."
"Of course. Come on let's go." I tell them as my eyes fixed with Damon's.
"I have a car Sofia. I don't need a ride." She tells me walking to her car as I see my sister following her.
"Bonnie, can we talk about this?"
"There's nothing to talk about." She says but them looks at me and I knew she had questions.
"Bonnie, please!"
"I told you I wasn't gonna make you choose but I need to make the choice for myself. Please just leave me alone."
"Let's get you home Elena." I say putting my arms on my sister as I see there is no way to get to talk to Bonnie right now
"It's okay, Stefan. Its okay. You're gonna be okay." I hear Elena says and Damon and stay outside his room as we listen him falling as we walk into the room as Elena looks at us
"Sure you want to do this?" I ask her concern knowing it won't be easy for her.
"I'm sure." She tells me as she looks at Stefan and I walk to her putting my arms in each of her shoulders. "Why don't you go home, get so rest."
"Sofia."
"Jenna might get suspicions. Damon and I will take care of him don't worry."
"Ok." She says simply.
I look at Stefan in the basement cell.
"There's no guarantee it's going to work." He tells me
"It has to."
"Coming?" He asks me.
I feel look at the dirty cave as my hands and feet are tight to the chair and I could feel the pain on my head from when they knock me out.
"The great Erynys, the kruk finally capture." The arrogant Russian accent tells me as I see him approaching me touching my face as I look at him almost wanting to vomit. "I can see the appeal that so many have spoken about."
"I can see you death." I tell him as he laughs and turns as I see him nodding to a big blonde guy who comes in my direction with a knife making a cut along my leg as I scream in pain.
"I'm gonna stay here." I tell him sitting down touching my leg through my dress as I see Damon sitting next to me as he touches my skin following the mark line on my thigh to my knee. You couldn't see because even if it was 8 inches long it was very straight and almost as the same color as my skin but with careful help you could find the mark and some from gun shots too. I look at him knowing very well he had noticed it and I saw him pulling me closer to him as I rest my head in his shoulder and his fingers were still traveling though my mark.