AN: I own nothing hope you all enjoyed. Each time post the new chapter(s) they will be complete in line with this series. Thank you for all the reviews that I have gotten in this story. This will be the last story in this series of secret love. Thanks to rjt040190, ForwoodForever, Ashley, and all the others for the wonderful reviews.

Secret Love

Story 10

Chapter 3

Mason walked into the sheriff's office and he found Liz handcuffed on the floor. "What in the hell is going on?" he demanded looking at her. He was trying to process what he had finally gotten it out of one of the deputies of hers. The device was for vampires, it shouldn't affect him, but he wasn't sure. The guy only knew that John Gilbert was taking out all the vampires tonight with a weapon. He had to get to Tyler soon though.

"I'll explain just get the keys in my belt," Liz said looking at Mason thanking God somebody had finally showed up. She had to go and stop them; the entire town was in danger. Her daughter was in danger along with the rest of the kids.

Mason was going for the key when he felt a pain going through his head. It was like nothing he had ever felt before. He tried not to scream out, but he hit his knees grabbing his head. He saw the look in Liz eyes, when he went down. She knew about the device, she knew about the vampires too, but not werewolves.

"I'm not a vampire," he choked out he couldn't stop the pain no matter how hard he held his head. "I swear I'm not," the tears fell out of his eyes as the pain went on. It was making him confused and it felt like his brain was being scrambled.

Liz didn't know what to think watching Mason. He was saying he wasn't a vampire over and over. She couldn't think of anything else he could be, but he hadn't attacked them. He was Richard's brother; she'd known them her entire life. He was screaming in pain and she saw the fear in his eyes. His eyes were turning golden as he pleaded for the pain to stop.

Mason felt worse than he ever felt turning, he wanted this pain to stop. It seemed to go on forever and never ending. He knew that if he didn't convince her he wasn't a vampire she would try and stake him. The wolf was clawing at him trying to get out. It was howling in pain inside of his head and he felt like he was about to turn. It was two weeks before the next full moon, he couldn't be turning now.

Liz watched him and she felt her own tears fall. Mason was something, but he wasn't a vampire. John was going to kill him if the device kept going. He was the good guy he didn't deserve this kind of pain. He had come back to town to help Tyler. It had worked too, but now he was the one needed help. She couldn't break the cuffs nor did she know how to help him, but it had to end soon.

Caroline was smiling even though she wanted to be back at the Grill. They were heading to his house going to drop Matt off then get his motorcycle and go back her house. They planned on getting their stuff from school Monday. She was about to turn on the radio when she heard Tyler saying something. Matt was in the back seat because she'd called shotgun.

"What noise?" Caroline asked registering what Tyler had asked. She didn't know what he was talking about. Tyler was letting go of the steering wheel the next thing she knew grabbing at his head. She watched him scream in pain. It was a scream she had never heard from him, not even after his dad hit him. Matt was yelling for her to grab the wheel, but she was freaked out by Tyler. She grabbed the steering wheel trying to guide the car straight.

"TYLER," Matt shouted from the back seat leaning forward trying to figure out what was happening. His best friend was screaming in agony. Whatever he was hearing was only in his head. It was obvious that Caroline or him couldn't hear it, but it was causing Tyler pain.

Caroline was trying to hold onto the wheel, but Tyler's foot was on the gas and it seemed he was pushing down harder on it. "TYLER," she saw the car going into the wall, it was about to crash. Tyler was still screaming and she could see how much pain he was in. She begged it to stop whatever was happening to him. The car swerved missing the wall crashing into the back end of a truck. She saw the speedometer it was up to eighty when the car hit.

She let out her own yell as she was slammed into the door her side of the car taking the worst of the damage. The door came in at her as well and she felt something crack. Tyler went forward before being jerked back by his seat belt. When he hit against the seat again he passed out his head hitting the driver side window in the process.

She kept her eyes open groaning looking back at Matt. He was looking scared, but didn't seem to be hurt at all. It was Tyler and her that were. She could feel something inside of her that didn't feel right. She was more worried about Tyler though.

"Call 911," Caroline said back toward Matt giving him her cell. She was unhooking her seat belt trying to find a pulse on Tyler. He looked like he was dead at first the way his neck was against the window. "Tyler, please wake up," she groaned ignoring the pain going through her side and her head. She had to get Tyler to wake up.

The last thing that Tyler had felt before he passed out was searing pain going through his head. There was something scratching trying to get out too. He saw the car hit and Caroline had slammed into the side of the car as her side was crushed inward slightly.

Matt's voice and Caroline's screaming if he was okay, but he couldn't answer passed the screams. He felt his head hit against the window and he knew if he got out of this alive he was going to hold her for days. He was more scared right now than he'd ever been in his life. He felt like he was going to die when the car slammed into the back of the truck parked on the side the road.

The Mayor woke up in the basement of the Gilbert building trying to process what had happened. The last thing he remembered was the searing pain going through his head. He looked around seeing Damon Salvatore in front of him on the floor. He was asking what he was doing here. He didn't know though and asked him why. When he heard those words coming out his mouth that he was a vampire he scrambled to get away. He didn't notice that he was going into another vampire that hated him as well.

He felt the pain in his neck before it was snapped and his last thought was Mason would take care of Tyler. He knew he wasn't going to a good place; he had abused his son for years. He'd taken his anger and rage out on Tyler. His son would finally have what he wanted, to be away from him for good. His neck was snapped and he was gone from this world.

Mason groaned opening his eyes; he had passed out at some point from the pain. It had been too much to take. The transformations weren't this bad and he felt sick inside. He wanted to throw up, but he was too weak to move right away. He couldn't hear the wolf at all and wondered if it was knocked out still. When there was no moon in the sky he never felt it. He loved those nights the most.

"Are you okay?" Liz voice broke through his thought process and he noticed that he had some how ended up with his head on her lap. Her hand was against his head too. There was still a dull ache, but she hadn't tried to hurt him, not that she could being handcuffed.

"I think so," he really didn't know if he was okay though something inside of him told him he had to find Tyler. There was a pain that was different like he knew somebody was hurt or worse, dead. He sat up looking at her.

"What are you, if you're not a vampire?" Liz asked, she had to know what he was. The way that Mason had been begging her to believe him had pulled at her. She hated vampires with every fiber in her; she'd been raised to hate them. Mason wasn't a vampire and she didn't feel the hate towards him either. He'd passed out and she'd hoped he woke up again. She couldn't tell Tyler that Mason was dead, the one person that was protecting him.

Mason knew now was better time to tell her, she was already tied up so to speak. "I'm a werewolf, I can't hurt you, unless it's a full moon; it's the Lockwood curse," he said reaching for the keys. "If I let you go, you're not going try and stab me are you?" he asked trying to see if her eyes showed the truth.

Liz was stunned, she knew nothing about werewolves. "Richard too?" She asked she'd known them al her life, she'd never seen him turn into no werewolf.

"We have to trigger the curse, my best friend came after me in August," Mason said undoing the cuffs, "He wouldn't stop attacking me, I accidently killed him in self defense," he said hoping this wasn't a mistake. "I have to find Tyler, if that thing did that to me," he trailed off thinking of what could possibly be happening to Tyler. If he went down like this in front of the public he would be taken.

Liz got up looking at Mason, she could let him go or call her deputies, but he wasn't hurting anybody. Since he had gotten to town all he had done was help Tyler. She had seen his eyes and the growls coming from him, but he was no danger to her. "Go, I'll check the basement you go to my house see if they got home," she said going to get her belt.

Mason took off out the door going to his Bronco before he saw Carol. He went over to her because she looked frantic, "What's going on?" he asked.

Liz came out the office at the same moment trying to get her deputies on the phone. "They took Richard, he collapsed and they just took him," Carol said looking between them, "Your deputies screwed up,"

Mason had to find Tyler in a hurry if the took his dad they would take Tyler. "She was knocked out, they went against her orders," he said defending Liz, "Where is Tyler at?" he asked.

"Richard sent him home with Caroline and Matt," Carol said looking at Mason and she saw the fear in his eyes. Something was wrong and she didn't know what it was. It was more than vampire problems because Richard was not one.

Matt was trying to get Caroline to get checked out, but she was refusing. She was more worried about Tyler than herself. The paramedics had gotten Tyler out of the car laying him on the pavement. They were checking him over because he was still passed out. It had been fifteen minutes and he was scared. Tyler was looking like he was okay, but he wouldn't wake up. Caroline looked like she was in pain, but refused to get help.

Caroline heard the paramedic; she didn't know what was wrong when he asked what the hell. She felt overly dizzy, but they had to wake Tyler up, he had to be okay. She had been crying begging him to wake up. When they got there she had told them to get him first. They had tried to help her, but she refused. Tyler had to be okay. She loved him so much, he couldn't die.

Tyler came to gasping for air, his head had a dull ache and hurt, but he thought he was okay. Matt was over him with two medics. He could hear Matt telling him not to scare him like that again. He didn't know how long he had been out. His first thought was Caroline, she had to be okay. He'd seen how hard the car hit and her side was the one that hit.

"Caroline?" he asked looking up at Matt before he saw Matt leaving again. Where was he going, he was could hear him telling Caroline to wake up. He turned his head slightly and saw her passed out on the road. "Caroline," he called out to her, but the guy wasn't letting him get up.

"Take it easy, we need to get you checked out," The medic said telling him they would take care of her too. Tyler felt sick to his stomach, he'd caused the crash, he was the reason Caroline was hurt. He hoped that she woke up he would spend every second telling her how sorry he was. He had never meant for her to get hurt. He had caused her pain; he knew he wasn't going to get away without going to the hospital. Soon as he was cleared he was going to find her though.

Matt was with her right now, he knew how much she meant to him. He would watch out for her till he could. He wanted to be beside her at her house in bed. He wanted to be kissing her holding her close as he could right now. He reached out taking her hand when they were both in the ambulance as they worked on her. "Please be okay, baby, I love you, Caroline, you cannot die on me, you hear me," he didn't give a damn who saw him right now. He let the tears fall praying to God he hadn't killed her.

TBC

AN: Hope you enjoyed this chapter the next chapter will end this series and I might start a sequel, but I'm not sure yet. If I do it will pick up where this one left off into season two. Things will be different than it was in season 2 of course. First Mason not with Katherine anymore would be a given. Until the next chapter.