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"Ding Dong The Hybrid Is Dead?"
"Just call me Ric the Vampire Slayer." Alaric gloats blowing the smoke off the tip of the recently shot bow.
He doesn't know how he managed to pierce them both, but the moment he picked up the crossbow from the mansion it was like second nature to him.
"Is Damon alright?" he asks now realizing the stake went thru Damon into Klaus.
Bonnie hears his question but there's so much blood that for a moment she is frozen in place, until she hears the murmuring of Damon. She rolls his body off of Klaus' and discovers he's the reason that Klaus—as well as the ground—has been painted red.
"Oh my God!" she panics as Alaric runs to her side.
Stefan carries Elena unto the familiar porch placing her as gently as possible on the porch swing. Taking a seat next to her he takes a couple minutes to catch his breath. Elena watches his every move intently wondering what kind of super hero he was. He was strong like Superman and fast like one of those X-Men. Incredible, she says still staring at his bone structure, he's definitely an Incredible.
"I think we lost them." he says oblivious to her scrutiny.
"You saved me." she says slowly.
He glances at her giving a coy smile. "I'll always protect you Elena."
Her heart fills with some weird feeling and she captures his lips with hers. He returns the kiss eagerly and when she pulls away he's a little disappointed.
"I'm sorry I don't know what came over me." her raspy voice sings as she turns away from him. "You're a married man."
He takes his index finger to bring her face back to him placing his lips back to hers. When they break a part again he smiles. "Now we're even."
"What about Damon?" her doe eyes question.
Stefan runs a hand thru his coifed hair. He loves Damon he can feel it in his heart, but what he feels for this girl in front of him is stronger than anything he can remember. "If we really are married then I'll leave him for you."
"I don't want to be the one that tears you apart."
He rubs the pad of his thumb against her trembling lip. "I have a feeling that this was a long time coming."
She leans into his touch and before they know it their lips are infused once again.
"I think I'm dying." Damon wheezes out looking to Bonnie who is kneeling over him in silence.
The white oak stake is jammed into Klaus' heart, but from the looks of things the post also hit close to Damon's. The monster inside of him is on full display and he's dry heaving. His pale skin is covered in sweat and graying.
"He's one of them." Ric's says in disgust reaching for the stake in Klaus to finish the other beast off.
"No!" Bonnie barks finally taking her eyes off the spluttering vampire. Her eyes are very serious and the look in them pauses Ric in his place. "He's one of the good guys." she says repeating his earlier words.
She links her fingers tightly with his and lays his head in her lap. Although tears are spilling out of her sage eyes a crooked smile is resting on her lips as she says…"he has to be since I married him."
The dying vampire smirks in triumph that she finally realizes that she is his. The black veins under his eyes vanish and his eyes are once again their crystal hue. He knows he won't be able to enjoy the declaration for much longer; but hearing her admit it makes his slowing heart flutter. He musters as much strength as he has left to pull his little bird to him connecting his tepid lips weakly with her warm ones.
She tenses at first at the coolness of his lips and the taste of his blood on her pallet; but he's just saved her life and they are married so she deepens the union. Alaric rises to his feet turning to walk away. The hunter in him wants to stake him, but he allows Bonnie this moment because he's going to die anyway.
He licks the blood that is slowing seeping out of her cut lip and when her tongue rakes against his fang causing a puncture it's a party in his mouth. Before he can stop himself he's sucking her tongue dry. He can feel himself strengthening, but it isn't enough. He needs more.
Bonnie's eyes have long been closed. She moans as his kiss gets more needy, more passionate then that of a dying man. When he nicks her already raw lips she snaps her eyes open and sees the blood red eyes of the fiend.
She shrieks and Alaric sprints back crossbow ready for one more go.
"Do you think anyone's still down there?" Matt whispers to the others.
Tyler simply glares at him putting his finger to his lips and "shhing" him. Caroline is preoccupied with the soft pitter-patter she hears scooting across the floor. Its driving her crazy and she wonders why she is the only one that hears it.
"Do you hear that?" she finally says in a broken whisper.
Matt shakes his head in the negative and although he indeed hears the light footfall of what he guess is a rat Tyler shakes his head no also. The pitter patter starts up again and in a blink of an eye Caroline is gone then back with the rat between her teeth.
Tyler's eyes are wide and Matt is giving her an expression close to that of Macaulay Culkin's in Home Alone. Inside she's disgusted with herself but the flow of blood gushing into her mouth doesn't allow her to care.
"Caroline your eyes…" is all that Matt can get out.
Tyler's just as hypnotized by the crimson fluid, but he doesn't want that nasty rat. He wants what's bubbling in Matt's veins. A hybrid bursts through the door and his teeth is buried in Matt's neck before he can scream. He's thrown off the blonde just as quickly by a vamped out Tyler.
The blood rolling out of Matt's neck proves to be too much for Tyler and he's gunning for the 'all American' boy.
Caroline grabs his shirt before he can take a step, fighting her own weird urge to pounce on the boy. "Hey! We are super heroes!" she screams at the blood thirsty man in front of her.
Matt makes a move to run away, but is caught by the blonde. "Stop, don't be scared he didn't mean it." she says her pupils growing then shrinking back to normal size.
"He didn't mean it." Matt repeats in a trance.
Tyler crinkles his forehead at the droll look on his face. Caroline releases him bewildered at his change in tone.
"Okay...go back over there and sit down until its safe." she tells him and he goes back to his corner like an obedient dog.
The vampire and hybrid traded looks. "What the hell was that?"
"I have the power of persuasion." she surmises with shrug.
By the time Alaric makes it back to the couple Damon is now sitting up staring at Bonnie whose hand is placed over her mouth. "What happened?" his eyes volleying between the two.
Her eyes are just as wild as Damon's as they stare at each other fearfully. "He-You bit me." she says touching her bleeding lip.
"I-" He trails distractedly. He wants to be sorry, but the red liquid coating her fingers has his attention and all he can say is, "I need more."
A light bulb strikes in Ric's mind. "He's a vampire, your blood strengthens him." he informs the confused witch.
One drop of Bonnie's blood is twice as potent as any normal human's so the wound in his chest was regenerating.
She knows what she should do, what she has to do, but it isn't enough to stop the rushed beating of her heart. The fact that he saved her life should warrant her trust, but she still feels uneasy about this exchange.
"I won't hurt you." he speaks as if reading her mind. "I can control myself."
She scoffs pointing at her bloody lip to beg to differ, but when she touches the spot the cut is gone and so is the puncture he caused. Her brow furrows further when she notices her arm no longer hurts; she chalks the fast healing to her being a witch. She eyes Alaric who waves his bow inconspicuously letting her know that if he makes one wrong move his ass is grass.
Clearing her throat Bonnie gathers her long russet locks twisting them to one side of her golden neck. Damon's eyes twinkle and he leans in tracing her jaw line with his finger. Her lids work as a shield to protect her from the impending pain she knows she will feel.
He trails his nose down the length of her neck then back to the artery that's pulsating beneath her skin. Its like his fangs have a mind of their own and before he knows it they're sinking agonizingly slow into her proffered skin.
Bonnie digs her hand deep into his hair while she fails to bite back the gasp that escapes her lips. She can feel the blood leaving her body and they're limbs are so entangled that she doesn't know whose hands are whose. It's a stinging pain the more he sucks the deeper she falls into the abyss that is Damon.
When he decides he's had his fill he releases her licking the two lesions that he has just tattooed on her neck. Bonnie's eyes are heavy-lidded when he sees those gorgeous greens again; and when she notices that she's now on Damon's lap she blushes.
"I bet if Popeye had a hit of you he'd say fuck that spinach shit." he jokes getting them both to their feet.
Bonnie merely rolls her eyes and attempts to walk, but she staggers and is caught by Ric before she hit's the ground.
"You took too much from her." Alaric says as he and Damon hold her up.
"Maybe if I give her some of my blood she'll be rejuvenated." he says to Ric.
Her nose wrinkles at the suggestion and she shakes her head no. "I'll be okay lets just get back to the manor."
Damon looks at her incuriously. "What if we need those witchy ju ju powers of yours when we get back, but you're too weak? No your taking this now." he says slicing his wrist with his fang.
She presses her lips closed. "You don't tell me what to do." she quips. "And if you haven't noticed ding dong the hybrid's dead!"
"Who's to say there isn't more like him?" Damon refutes.
"I hate to agree with this…thing." Alaric began. "But he does have a point, I only had one stake." he says pointing to the one planted in the hybrid's chest.
She glares at them both before relenting. "Fine, but just a drop."
Damon smiles gleefully biting into his flesh again. Bonnie holds her nose touching the blood with the tip of her tongue first. She follows up with a lick before sealing her lips and sucking. Icicle eyes close in ecstasy, he was giving power but at the same time it was if he was gaining it back. The elation dies down the moment he feels the absence of her lips.
"How do you feel?" Ric asks standing at her side.
Her green eyes glowed and the feeling coursing through her veins she couldn't explain. The only word that could come close to a description was aware. She felt very aware of the vampire in front of her and oddly potent.
"I feel good." she downplayed retracing their steps back to the boardinghouse. She felt more than good, she felt extraordinary.
"What are we gonna do about him?" Ric asks.
Bonnie looks to be in thought, but Damon just shrugs. "You made the mess you clean it up." he says like some petulant child.
"Damon." Bonnie warns and he can feel her disdain flowing through his body.
"Just leave him, we'll get him later with the others." he retracts.
Bonnie nods in agreement liking that answer better and as Damon smirks at her she's overcome with the sensation of achievement. A sensation that isn't her own.
Ric is right behind them when he remembers his stake. What if they run into something on the way back and Bonnie needs help? The stake will very well come in handy. He jogs back removing it from the Original's chest then darts back to catch up with the twosome.
They're walking hand in hand back to the manor. They were getting pretty hot and heavy on the swing when she suggested going back and checking on the others. He can feel her stealing glances and a smile creeps on his lips. "Staring is kinda creepy."
Her breath hitches at being caught, but she gets her bearings back quick. "Gazing is romantic." Elena retorts and he agrees.
They reach the house and he helps her over the broken doors and they survey their surroundings.
Things are quiet again. All of them in their own little world trying to figure out what and who they really were. Caroline huffs in defeat she can feel his eyes on her again. Matt keeps giving her and Tyler weird looks and she really can't blame him.
"Anybody here?" they hear a voice call.
Matt rejoices, but he can't move because Caroline hasn't told him its okay.
"That sounds like Elena." Tyler says moving towards the door.
Caroline gets up to follow, but pauses at the door when Matt isn't behind her. "Are you coming?" she asks him bewildered.
"Is it safe?" he peeps still at his perch in the corner.
"Of course it is." she laughs motioning for him to follow her. "Come on."
When they make it down the stairs Bonnie, Damon, and Alaric are walking over the door.
"I'm glad to see everyone is in one piece." Stefan says looking at Damon.
In return Damon grabs Bonnie's hand in an effort to show Stefan that he isn't his 'boo.'
Stefan does the same with Elena who blushes staring at him. An annoyed Caroline stands by Tyler the group forming a circle in the foyer.
"Bonnie and I are married." he says proudly.
"So we've heard." Tyler scoffs.
"I still don't see a ring." Elena mumbles.
"I knew I wasn't gay." Stefan says grabbing Elena and kissing her.
"Can we get back to the important stuff?" Alaric rounds.
"Alaric killed Klaus." Damon informs.
"I killed two hybrids with Elena." Stefan lays out.
"Ty killed one in the attic."
"And Bonnie burned about 8 on a stake here." Damon says pointing to the array of bodies littering the floor. "And another 4 in the woods." he gushes kissing her cheek.
The witch nibbles her lip shyly. "Its what I do apparently."
"So what now?" Elena asks.
Caroline flashes out then returns with two bottles of Ciroc. "We celebrate." she smiles like it the most logical thing to do.
And party is what they do…
I'm thinking one or two more chapters then I'm rounding this puppy up lol. Mistakes are all me I'll proofread later bye loves;)