Silas drove up to the Salvatore boarding house, about i week after he'd dumped his doppelgänger into that lake. His plan was set into action, and nothing was going to mess it up this time. He parked his car a swung out. Silas had a fairly good idea of how to act as Stefan, after searching through peoples minds he had learnt his doppelgänger was broody, sensitive, liked literature, Elena and had a strong sense of what was right and what was wrong.
Silas strolled up to the house but was stopped in his tracks when someone suddenly gripped his wrist. His first instinct was to turn around and physically and mentally beat up who ever was man handling him like this. However he decided against it seeing as it was probably someone thinking he was Stefan. If he acted violently, his cover would certainly be blown.
Silas slowly turned around, his expression indifferent. "Stefan?" a girl, whom Silas had never seen before stood there gripping his arm. Silas didn't recognise her, not even from anyone's memories. Silas tried to reach out and take a look in her mind but he could. It was like a wall. No, it was almost as if it was invisible. Silas frowned, how was he to act. All he could gather from the girl is that she was a vampire.
"Um yes?" he said. The girl frowned and stepped away from Silas. "What is it?" Silas said, mimicking Stefan's voice of concern. This was easy seeing as Silas was also concerned, he'd done something wrong. The girl scowled and glared at him suspiciously.
"You aren't Stefan" she said, her voice dead of emotion.
"What do you mean, of course I'm Stefan" Silas said, his last attempt at trying to convince the girl. If she didn't believe him he'd simply kill her.
"No, you're not" the girl said. Silas shrugged, he guessed he'd have to kill her then.
"You're right, i'm not. But before i kill you, would you be so kind as to tell me where i slipped up. What gave me away?" Silas snarled, his up snatching up her throat, gripping it tightly. The girls wicked blue eyes blazed angrily.
"You aren't Stefan" the girl hissed. Silas rolled his eyes impatiently.
"I'm perfectly aware of that, but in case you hadn't noticed, Stefan and I are identical. Doppelgänger to be precise. So this, along with my extensive background knowledge on Stefan should have been enough to fool even his brother. So what gave it away for you?"
The girl shrugged and Silas tightened his grip on her throat. If she were human, she'd have been dead long ago. "If you have so much background knowledge on Stefan, then how come you didn't know how to act around me?" The girl asked with a smirk, avoiding Silas's question. Judging from her content expression Silas assumed the girl knew the answer to the question she just asked and was just toying with him.
No one toys with me! Silas thought angrily. However he kept his anger out of his expression. "Strange that is isn't it, how come i know everything about everyone, and yet nothing about you? Either you've never met Stefan, yet somehow know his face and name, or you've gone to extreme measures to keep your existence hidden" Silas smirked as he said this. The girls gloating smirk didn't even waver. She reminded him oddly of his doppelgänger brother when she smiled like that. And those eyes, they're like icy pools.
"You're wrong on both accounts." the girl said "You see Silas, when you're as powerful as me, you don't have to go to extreme measures to do anything." That made Silas frown and he hated the smug smile that spread across her face.
"That's interesting. But i see that even you have heard of me, and you probably have heard the story of how i was entombed. So let's talk about you-" Silas lifted the girl higher into the air. For someone who claimed to be powerful, she wasn't putting up much of a fight. "Who are you?" Silas hissed, putting as much menace into his voice as he could.
"That's for me to know, and for you to find out" the girl said, her smile wicked lovely. Silas's anger sparked then and he started tightening his grip on her throat even more. The girl scowled and her leg extended out wards, straight into his stomach. He barely felt a thing.
"I'm a vampire sweetie, a very old and powerful one at that. Do you real thing a kicking tantrum is going to save you now?" Silas mocked.
The girl glared at Silas, her icy blue eyes seemed to ignite like blue flames. Silas shuddered. For someone who appeared to only a seventeen year old girl, she was very intimidating. All the more reason to kill her.
But Silas never go the chance. Suddenly he felt a burning hot pain, right behind his eyes. He felt warmth trickle down his cheeks which at first he assumed were tears. That was until he smelt blood. Slowly blood trickled from his eyes and onto the ground. Silas wanted to drop the girl and cover his face but he knew that would accomplish nothing. He instead used his other hand to throw a punch into her stomach. Now the girl winced.
Suddenly his legs buckled beneath him, white hot pain searing through him. His shins had literally snapped in half. Now Silas let go of the girl, letting out a roar of pain. The girl dropped to the ground nimbly and stood above him. Silas could already feel his body healing. But already the girl had set about snapping every single other bone in his body. He felt each toe and finger shatter, and his vision filled with red as blood leaked into his eyes.
Silas lay in a crumpled heap on the ground. He attempted to lash out at her with his mind, but like before, it was as if she wasn't there. How was she doing this with out even moving a finger? Silas tried to shout but his jaw had been smashed.
Darkness began to edge into his vision and he vaguely noticed people watching from the steps of the Salvatore house. The girl knelt down besides him now, her pink lips curved into a smile.
"You know, you and Stefan both have a bad habit of wanting me dead" she whispered. Then she stood up, waved towards the people by the house and left.
Silas closed his eyes, the pain finally over whelming him. The last thing he heard before he blacked out was the sound of Elena's voice calling out for Stefan.
Elena wiped tears from her face. She couldn't stop crying. Even when Damon told her Stefan would be okay, she still kept crying. She knew her eyes were red and sticky but she didn't care. She'd been so scared. She'd been in the middle of making coffee when her and Caroline heard his shout from outside.
That alone was enough to make her blood run cold. Bonnie was still unconscious and Elena had only hesitated for a second before rushing out the door. Caroline had already been there. She was screaming, her fist in her mouth. If Damon hadn't arrived at that moment Elena probably would have run over to Stefan, who was slumped on the ground, his shins seemingly snapped in half. Madeline had stood over him, glaring down on him, a wicked smile on her lips.
Stefan had been strangling her but his hand had dropped to his side. Elena had watched in horror as she saw every bone in his body snap. Except for his spine, clearly Madeline planed on Stefan suffering. Blood appeared to be trickling out of his eyes as well, trickling down his face like red tears.
Madeline had bent down to whisper something in Stefan's ear before she stood up. Then she turned towards the three of them but it was clear who she was looking at when she smiled and waved. Damon. His grip had tightened on Elena and then Madeline had walked away. Elena had glared after her, watching her in her designer black jeans, black ankles boots and low V neck grey skivvy walked away. She looked like she hadn't just tortured someone.
But she had. Elena had rushed over to Stefan as soon as Damon loosened his grip on her. She called out his name but his eyes had already fluttered shut. Elena had tried to pick him up but she was crying to much. Instead she kept patting his head and saying "Please, please, please be okay. Oh god please be okay Stefan." If she hadn't been distressed enough before the look on Damon's face was enough to gutter her. He looked utterly betrayed, a look Elena assumed was for Madeline. And when he saw Stefan, all broken and bleeding, Elena's heart shattered. For a brief moment she saw a side of Damon she barely recognised.
He stared down at his brother, tears welling in his eyes then spilling down his cheeks silently. He looked horrified, terrified and lost all at once. Elena moved over and Damon dropped to his knees, Stefan's head cradled in his lap. Elena wrapped her arms around him. He was all tense and his body was shivering violently. Elena rubbed circles on his back and mumbled. "It's okay, you're okay, he's going to be okay. She didn't kill him. Don't worry, she'll pay." Damon shook his head and mumbled.
"No, no, she won't she won't."
"Damon, don't worry, she will" Elena tried to sooth. Damon tore his eyes from Stefan. His eyes looked frenzied and lost. Elena couldn't quiet grasp why he was this distressed. Stefan would be okay, Madeline hadn't done anything life threatening. Elena's stomach flipped. What if Madeline did to Stefan what she'd done to Damon, stopped his wounds healing. Is what she whispered an anti-healing spell. If so Stefan would practically be dead.
"I didn't know she could be this cruel. Elena, i knew she could be bad, but not this bad. No, no, no. It's our fault, we did this" Damon sobbed.
"It isn't your fault Damon" Elena said, hugging him tightly. Damon shook his head and looked down to Stefan.
"We did this" Damon said. It looked as if he were talking to Stefan now. "We broke her" Damon whispered, only just loud enough for Elena to hear, even with vampire hearing.
"Damon..."
"It's our fault" he whispered again to Stefan "We broke her." Elena hauled Damon to his feet.
"Damon, let's get Stefan inside" Elena tried to sooth. Caroline had been standing a couple of steps away, tears streaming down her face. She moved over to Elena and they both carried Stefan inside. They set him up on his bed and wiped away all the blood on his body.
Damon had remained outside, slumped on the ground. Elena still had tears streaming down her face when she went to check on him. Damon was still on his knees, staring off into space. Elena sat down opposite him, forcing him to look at her. He'd stopped crying now and his expression was cold, hard and empty.
For a frightening brief moment Elena feared he'd flipped his switch. Obviously watching Stefan be tortured by Madeline had cut Damon deeper than anyone else.
"Damon are you with me?" Elena asked tentatively. Damon's eyes focused in on her and he didn't even hesitate with his answer.
"Always" he said, giving Elena a loving smile. She let out a sigh of relief and moved, placing herself in Damon's lap. Damon leaned over and kissed the top of her head.
"I love you" she whispered, closing he eyes briefly.
"I love you, Elena, so much" Damon said, his words muffled by Elena's hair. Elena smiled and curled up into his lap even more.
"We can't even have one week of happiness with out being interrupted by some vengeful supernatural creature" Elena said with a sigh.
Damon chuckled darkly at that. "The good thing about eternity Elena, is that once this is all over, we'll have happy days everyday for eternity."
Elena smiled at the thought of eternity with Damon. "If we're gonna have eternity Damon, you're going to have to do some serious explaining" Elena said, her voice serious. Damon nodded.
"I'll tell you everything, i promise. But i think it's best if i get some help from Bonnie" Damon said. This confused Elena.
"What has Bonnie got to do with this?" Elena said.
"Nothing, but she's the only witch i know who is powerful enough and willing to do a spell for me."
"What spell?"
"Once that will show you my memories, so that you can see what happened for yourself" Damon said. He wrapped his arms around Elena, hugging her to him firmly.
"Would Madeline be able to do it?" Elena asked.
"Most probably" Damon said "But i highly doubt she'd be willing." Elena smirked a little.
"I love you" she said "No matter what i see in your memories, i will always love you Damon."
"Don't be so sure" Damon muttered.
"I am sure Damon, i've never been more sure about anything." Elena turned around, so that she was facing Damon, their noses almost touching.
"I love you" Damon said, pulling Elena in for a hug. And for now, they just sat there, just happy to be in each others arms.
Hey guys! What did i say, 2 chapters in one night. You can thank me in the reviews :D I hope you enjoyed! I also hope no one is hating on Madeline, just remember what happened to her in the first chapter. Stefan and Damon totally betrayed her. Not to mention, she beat up Silas in this chapter, what a bamf. Anyway, i hope you are enjoying and please post some reviews so i know what parts people are enjoying :D
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