I don't own anything.
A/N: Alright it's time for another update but first off I want to thank my reviewers from last time; mrs mathis, Yson, Lula6791, NaeNae1495 and babyshan211. I hope everyone enjoys this new chapter and please don't forget to Review.
P.S. babyshan211-that's exactly how I want you to see Samil.
Happy Reading!
Chapter Four
Bonnie left Samil's shop and quickly went across the street to her car as soon as she hopped in her phone rang, "Hello?"
"Hilda, I'm glad I could get you. We're about to head out so I need you to come over and look out for Elena. You need keep her from running and performing that shero shit she does." Damon's harsh voice said coming through the line. Bonnie rolled her eyes at his statement and pinched the bridge of his nose. Caroline had already texted her earlier which was why she left Samil's shop in the first place but maybe Damon calling her was a good thing. She could tell him about Samil but then again if she did he might try to kill the man. "Hello did you hear me?"
"I heard you, Caroline already texted me and told me about the situation."
"I'm a little bit old fashion when it's about something important I like to hear the other person's voice. I'm not well in tuned with valley girl communication techniques." he quipped.
"Do you have to be an asshole all the time?"
"Yes, I love being the resident asshole, Hilda." he replied back sarcastically and she could tell he was rolling his eyes as he said it. "Look as much as I love our hateful banter I really need to go so get on your broom and-."
"You really need to stop with the witch jokes they're about as old as you." she replied back coolly.
"Good one now are you on your way or should zip over to wherever you are and toss you over my shoulder." Rolling her eyes, she shoved the key in the ignition and started the car.
"I'm on my way." she said as she once again thought about Samil. Deciding that she'd just roll the dice with Damon, she cleared her throat. "There's a new witch in town." The other side of the line was dead silence. "Damon?"
"I heard you-and let me guess he introduced himself to you."
"More like I met him at the Grille this morning?"
"That older guy you were talking too." Damon replied back and Bonnie was sure he was mentally going back so he could remember exactly the way that guy looked. "What does he want with you?"
"Nothing, we shook hands and you know what happens there-."
"Yeah your witchy senses start tingling." Damon drawled out. "So what did he want to know more about the Bennett witches and stuff. I swear we really don't have time for this. Dammit!" he snarled out and Bonnie heard something hitting the wall over the line.
"For what it's worth I don't think he's bad. I think he just moved here. He doesn't know anything about the Bennett line when he learnt my name he didn't act differently, he just looked at me and shrugged his shoulders and asked if he was supposed to know that name."
"I don't care it's still suspicious that-."
"Klaus no longer has his sights on Mystic Falls-."
"Don't remind me." Damon growled out angrily as he thought about why Klaus was no longer concerned with the little town. "Just keep your eye on him, he makes one false move and either you or I will be taking him out. As of right now all I want you to do is look out for Elena."
"Fine I can do that." she said softly. "I'll be there in about five minutes."
"Good the door will be open when you get here." he said and then hung up the phone. Bonnie turned off her phone and tossed it into the passenger seat and headed off towards the Manor. Once she got there she caught Damon, Caroline and Alaric headed towards Damon's car. She gave them all a brief nod and then quickly headed inside the manor. Closing the door behind her, she quickly called out Elena's name.
"I'm in the living room." Elena called back, Bonnie quickly made her way there and stopped in the doorway and looked at Elena who was sitting on the sofa wrapped up in a blanket staring into the unlit fireplace. "Damon and the others left already."
"I know I saw them." she said jerking her thumb over her shoulder. Elena looked over at her and nodded her head and then patted the space beside her. "Come over here Bonnie and tell me what's on with you," she gave her friend a look. "I can tell you need to talk."
"I don't think it's that important." Bonnie said thinking about Jeremy and then Samil. Elena just fixed her with a look.
"Of course it's important besides I need to focus on something else otherwise I'm gonna drive myself crazy waiting on word about Stefan." she replied softly as she once again patted the space beside her. Bonnie sighed and walked over and settled down next to Elena. They both grabbed each other's hands and rested their heads together. "So what's up? I know you talked to Jeremy so what's bothering him?" Elena asked. Bonnie closed her eyes and quickly gathered her thoughts as she remembered her earlier conversation with Jeremy.
"He found out about the device incident and he-."
"Don't tell me he blames you." Elena stated as she pulled back so she could look at her friend. "I wanted you to turn off the device back then for purely selfish reasons but I understand now why you did it. Mystic Falls would have become a ghost town." Bonnie looked at Elena who squeezed her hands and gave her a comforting smile. "So what I'm trying to say is give him some time believe me he'll come around."
"Thanks you don't know how much I needed to hear that." Bonnie said with a quirk of her lips as she gave her friend a ghost of a smile. Elena just nodded her head and gave her a small smile of her own silently telling her that she knew that. "And just so you know we're gonna find Stefan." Elena nodded her head and looked down at her lap.
"I guess I'm just suppose to hope," she mumbled. "God, I feel so helpless sitting here when he's out there with that monster."
"You can't go running off into the fray, Elena." she said as she looked at her friend. "Stefan wouldn't want that, he'd want you safe."
"I know. . .I know but I just want to help everyone out so bad."
"You can just by being here," she paused at the look that Elena sent her way and smiled. "I know it sounds awful but that's what it is." she said as she slowly shrugged her shoulder. Elena just groaned and collapsed back on the sofa.
"Let's move on to something less. . ." she trailed off but Bonnie was sure that Elena was going to say depressing. "What's this I hear about you meeting another witch?"
"Warlock." Bonnie supplied as she looked over at her friend.
"So he's in town for what reason?" she asked and Bonnie knew her mind was already drifting to the Martins.
"He's here because he and his friend just moved here from up north." Elena nodded quietly taking in that information.
"So you don't think they're-."
"Up to something, no not really. I don't even think he really wanted to admit he was a warlock, he just shrugged it off when I told him that I knew," she said as she bit the inside of her lip. "And he knew too you know, knew I was a witch and he didn't say anything cause he told me he wasn't nosey."
"Maybe you should let Damon check him out."
"I don't know about that." Bonnie said shaking her head as she looked at her friend. "That doesn't really seem like a good idea." What she didn't add on is that Damon might actually try to kill the guy and then they'd have to worry about some random warlock out for vengeance. "I can handle this after all what's the point of having over a hundred witches' powers resting within you if you can't use it to protect yourself."
"I guess you're right, Bonnie." Elena said with a small sigh. "Just be careful when you around him. I don't want to lose you too."
"You'll never have to worry about that, Elena." Bonnie replied softly as she looked at her friend, Elena gave her a small smile and then pulled Bonnie into a tight hug which Bonnie quickly returned.
Samil leaned back in the passenger seat and looked out the window at the building that Sovann had said the original Klaus was currently residing at. Rolling his eyes downward, he draped his hands between his legs. "Are you positive that he's here?"
"Yes I am, it seems he's training the Salvatore brother." Sovann replied keeping his hands on the steering wheel. "For what I really don't-."
"The boy used to be a ripper, a good one, not a great one but a good one." Samil stated with a shrug of his shoulders. "At least now we know why he took the boy." he said as he opened up the car door and walked out. Sovann scrambled out after him and quickly fell into step with him.
"What are you doing? If he sees you-."
"Allow me to worry about these things you just do your job." Samil said lightly but Sovann could see the heat in his eyes and he knew he put it there for questioning him. Nodding his head, he fell back and trailed behind Samil like he normally did when they went to meetings. He watched as Samil knocked on the door and stood back. "Manners Sovann-no matter what I've done over the years never forget that I've always been a gentleman." Sovann didn't even attempt to respond, instead he crossed his arms behind his back as the front door opened.
"Whatever you're trying to sell we don't want any." The gruff man at the door said as he moved to close it again.
"Who said I was trying to do that. All I want to do is meet with Klaus now you go and tell your master or whatever he's calling himself that Samil is here to see him." The man stood at the door and then nodded his head dumbly.
"I'll go and tell Klaus that Samil is here." A moment later he left leaving the door wide open but Samil didn't move forward, he simply waited. Tapping his foot on the porch, he looked over at Sovann who was now leaning against the railing.
"That was nice of him to go and get the man for us." Sovann grinned and shook his head as he pushed back on the railing carefully only because sometimes he forget his own strength.
"You compelled him." he supplied with a smirk as he nodded his head towards the door. "Like the guy stood a chance."
"Must you always state the obvious, Sovann." he said with a smile gracing his lips as he looked at his friend. They both stopped as a tall pale man came to the door, Samil turned and gave the man a smile, he was sure sharks showed to their prey right before eating them. "Klaus my goodness you haven't changed a bit, can we come in." Klaus looked at him cautiously but nodded his head and stepped back and opened the door wider. "Why thank you, I had hoped you recognized the name otherwise I would have had to question your thinking skills." Samil said as he tapped the side of his head. "Now is there somewhere we can talk-you know so we can catch up."
Klaus nodded his head and led them into an unoccupied room, he motioned towards the sofa and then sat down at a chair near the window. Samil looked around before settling down while Sovann stood by the door. Klaus rubbed his hands together as he stared over at Samil in absolutely shock, he never thought he actually meet Samil although he had heard about him over the years. Heard of his dealings and what he had done to those that had crossed him. He remembered once an older vampire had told him to hope he never met the man named Samil. Of course, he would be unlucky enough to have Samil come directly to his door. Clearing his throat, he looked at Samil and then over at Sovann. "I know who you are?"
"I had hoped so since you insist on calling yourself an original. The title suggests that you should have good knowledge on all things that go bump in the night." he said with a smirk as he leaned back and draped his arm over the back of the sofa. "So go ahead say who am I?"
"The Devil." Klaus stated boldly as he looked at Samil while resting his hands on his knees. Samil rolled his eyes at the title and shook his head.
"I suppose, but I refuse to go by that simple name." he said with a wave of his hand. Klaus seemed surprise at that. Leaning, forward he looked at Samil and then back over at Sovann to make sure he wasn't getting to close to the man. He had heard rumors of Samil's bodyguard as well.
"Then what do you call yourself."
"Samil." The man said with a shrug of his shoulders at the look that Klaus sent his way, he sighed and shook his head. "Come on man do you really think I'd walk around calling myself the devil. That name annoys me almost as much as your title as an original does." he said with a wave of his hand. "To those that know my true nature I am either Samil or temptation."
"Really?"
"Really, I'm also known as temptation," Samil said with a small smirk. "All I do is sit on people's shoulders, I prefer the left by the way, and present them with the option of instant gratification. It isn't my fault if," he paused and thought his words over. "If your Jimmie Cricket isn't vocal enough and instead of doing what's right you lean towards the left. That's all I do by the way so all this fear associated with the name devil annoys me. All I do is present you with an option and I'm vilified for it. I shouldn't be called evil for that instead I should be rewarded for being the great salesman that I am."
"Of course but what do you want with me?"
"You have the other Salvatore brother right." Samil said getting down to business, he noticed the look on Klaus' face and sighed. "Just answer the question."
"Yes I have him, I'm turning him back into-."
"A ripper, yes I know. All I wanted to know was that you had him since Bonnie Bennett is practically killing herself looking for you and him." At Klaus' face, he chuckled lowly and leaned back in the chair. "But you already knew that right."
"I have several witches protecting our location." Klaus stated as Samil stood up and dusted off his suit.
"Good, good. . .keep that up. Now I really must be going I have a store to run and I'm sure we're losing business by being closed at the moment, people need their natural medicine." He motioned towards Sovann, who reached out an opened the door. "I'm sure we'll be seeing one another again and if you ever need me I'll be in Mystic Falls for a while feel free to stop by." As they headed outside, Samil was very much aware that Sovann wanted to ask him a question. Once they were in the car, Samil leaned his chair back and released a sigh. "Go ahead and ask your questions."
"Why did you tell him to keep hiding, I was sure that-."
"I want him to keep those witches on the job because it gives me a in, into Bonnie and her friends' little group. If I help them locate Stefan then they'll trust me and if they trust me then I'll be able to go ahead and get Bonnie." he said with a small smile.
"Won't Klaus know you helped."
"He might suspect, in fact he probably will but that falls in line with my plan as well." Sovann just nodded his head and pulled out onto the road. As Samil settled back and decided to get some sleep on the way back to Mystic Falls.
Damon clenched his jaw as he slammed his fist into the wall closest to him, growling as his fist crashed into the wood. "Dammit no one's here?" Alaric and Caroline stood near the doorway as Damon continued to rage. "Are you sure this is the place, Ric?" he asked turning around to look at the history teacher who looked down at his phone and then back up at Damon. He slowly nodded his head and Damon yanked his fist out of the wall making the hole even larger. Caroline linked her dry lips and glanced around.
"Maybe there's clue here or something, we should probably look around." Damon looked back at her, his eyes black with anger but he slowly calmed down and nodded his head.
"You're right maybe we'll be able to find something, anything that can point us in the direction of Stefan and Klaus." he said with a small sigh. Alaric and Caroline nodded their heads as Damon brushed his hand off ignoring the fact that some of the wall dust got on his black jeans. "Anything will help right about now." Caroline and Alaric and then went off into different directions in search for clues. Damon stood in the living room and reached into his pocket, pulling out his cell phone he quickly dialed Bonnie's number. She answered on the three ring and she sounded a bit tired.
"Damon?"
"Yeah it's me," he said as he placed a hand on his hip and looked over at the damage he had down to the wall. "Where's Elena?" he asked deciding that maybe he needed to tell her, himself that he hadn't been able to find Stefan. That the so-called lead that he knew she had set her hopes on hadn't panned out. He also couldn't help the guilt that currently coursed through him, during his darker moments he had dreamed of moments like this. Moments where Stefan was out of the picture and he could just come in a help Elena pick up the pieces. Now that it was happening, he didn't want it. All he wanted was his brother back.
"Damon are you there?" Bonnie's voice called from the phone.
"Yeah, I'm here." he said unable to keep the harshness out of his voice. He knew Bonnie probably thought he sounded that way because he was talking to her but that wasn't the case. "We didn't find him." He heard her gasp over the line and he rubbed the back of his forehead.
"You didn't find anything."
"We're searching the house right now for clues, I called so I could tell Elena about well not finding him. I think she'd be a little pissed if we didn't tell her right away besides I don't want to come back with her waiting on the front porch waiting on him."
"Well I just got her to go to sleep." Bonnie replied softly. "But I can wake-."
"No," Damon quickly shot out. "No don't do that just tell her when she wakes up unless we're back by then cause if so then I'll tell her."
"Alright then," Bonnie stated softly before pausing. "We'll find him, Damon. I know we will." Bonnie stated, thinking that maybe he needed some encouragement.
"I know cause I'm not gonna stop looking for him." With that said, Damon hung up the phone. Shoving it back into pants' pocket, he stood there for a minute trying to figure out where Klaus could have taken his brother. As he stepped towards the basement, he froze as he smelt blood in the air. He could it was old but it was still blood. Pushing open the basement door, he quickly headed inside. Reaching out, he turned on the light and froze. There were bodies of dead women and men piled up in the corner not to mention the chain collar he saw attached to the stone wall. It only took him a few moments to realize what Klaus had been doing to his brother. "Oh God." he whispered a moment later Caroline was by his side.
"What? What is-." she trailed off as she took in the scene before her. "Please tell me Stefan wasn't in. . ."
"Of course he was," Damon snapped out angrily. "That bastard." he said as he thought about Klaus and just how much he wanted to kill the man. His yelling had gained Alaric's attention and a moment later he appeared in the doorway.
"Did you find something?"
"Yeah," Damon muttered as he marched up the stairs and pushed by Alaric and Caroline. They closely followed behind him, finally Caroline asked the question that had been on her mind the entire time. "What was that down there what is Klaus doing?"
"My brother used to be ripper," Damon replied as he placed his hands on his hips and looked down at the floor thinking about the pain that his brother was currently going through. His brother had been punishing himself over that past life for years and Klaus, the bastard, was forcing him back into the life. "Stefan used to be a ripper and it looks like Klaus is trying to make him one again." Caroline wanted ask him what a ripper was but wisely didn't, she could tell being asked that question would only made Damon even angrier.
"Alright so what do you wanna do, Damon." Alaric asked as he looked at his friend who walked over to a window and peered out of it.
"We aren't gonna stop looking for my brother."
"No one was suggesting that, I just wanted to know what you wanted to do next." Damon sighed and bowed his head.
"We're gonna go back and see if there's something Bonnie can do," he looked over at Caroline and just shook his head. "I won't push her to hard Blondie, you have my word." Caroline just gave him a look but he really wasn't in the mood to argue that he really wasn't going to do anything to the little witch. "So let's go back to Mystic Falls and-."
"What about the bodies?" Alaric asked as he gave one fleeting look down towards the basement. Damon followed his gaze and sighed.
"We're gonna have to burn the house down."
"What why?"
"This is a little bit close to Mystic Falls, I know your mother is slowly started to accept the fact that vampires aren't all violent so if this little house is discovered all that progress. . ." he trailed off and shook his head while Caroline just nodded her head. She knew what Damon was telling her was correct, if her mother ever found out about those bodies. Her mother would stop at nothing to put a stake in them.
"Alright let's go ahead and get this done so we can all head home." Alaric said as he took one last look at the basement. Rubbing a hand over the back of his neck, he wondered if once they finally found Stefan would he be to far gone to help. Sighing, he pushed that thought back and shook his head and walked towards the front door.
"I'll go and see if there's some gasoline nearby." Damon nodded his head and watched as Alaric disappeared out the house leaving him and Caroline alone. He looked over at her and released a small sigh.
"When we find Klaus nothing's gonna stop me from ripping him apart absolutely nothing." he muttered lowly as he looked over at Caroline who gave him a brief nod and cross her arms over her chest as she glared back at the basement as she imagined what Klaus had forced her friend to go through.
"I guess I'm just gonna have to get in line behind you."