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New Story "Crawling Back to you." I got the idea when I was writing this chapter. If you'd like to check it out, I'll be so happy if you leave a review…Being a new story it lacks those, so please, if you read it review. I am very busy and have other stories, so I'll be updating the remaining stories next weekend hopefully.
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If you would've told Damon a couple months ago that he would fall in love with a human, he would have probably said that you were delusional... or crazy. He liked both of those words. But if you had to tell him back then that the love of his life would eventually be fighting for her life and there was nothing he could do about it... then he would've done anything in his power to change fate. He hated seeing her like this-immobile and still, lifeless. He wasn't used to seeing her like this and he hated it.
Damon didn't even know the significance of the word 'time' anymore. Every minute felt like an hour for Damon. It passed by so slowly that he felt like he was going to have a mental breakdown. It could drive anybody mad-waiting... waiting for the love of your life to wake up. He'd lay next to Elena's bed, usually holding her hand and whispering quiet words to her. He'd spend hours there; just him and Elena-In their separate worlds and all that would pass by was time. But nothing changed. Her bruises were gone, her bones were healed and her cuts had diminished. She looked like a sleeping beauty and he just needed her to wake up.
She was still under the influence of magic since they didn't have the machinery a hospital would have. Her face had become bony, and sometimes he feared that she'd just evaporate. She was so weak and fragile, and he couldn't do anything except stay there and pray that she'll wake up. They didn't have any real hospital machines so they couldn't hook her up to an I.V to at least feed her some nutrients. This process was up to his blood which usually didn't work and up to magic.
At six pm, he usually washed her and then he'd kiss her cold face. He bundle her to her neck with blankets to protect her from the cold and the cruel, harsh world that lurked beside her. He whispered everything would be okay and he tried to force himself to believe the same-that it would truly, be okay.
"You should get some sleep, Damon," Victoria put a gentle hand on his shoulder. "It's been days now. We can't do anything. It is her choice."
"I'm fine," Damon said firmly, but anyone could see that he was very tired. He had dark circles under his eyes and he looked like shit... to be blunt. Normally vampires didn't get like this but he hadn't been feeding properly so everything about him was off.
"Kol wants a word with you anyway." She stated, biting her lip as she said it. She knew he wouldn't want to leave her side. He hardly had since she'd been 'hospitalized' if you could call it that. But Kol was only on the other side of the room and it didn't seem like Elena was going to wake up in that moment anyway.
He took a look at the unconscious brunette beauty on the bed, and with a small sigh, he went to sit on the couch next to Kol.
"I'm sorry about this," Kol said between long gulps of scotch. "You didn't deserve this. Neither of you. It's partly my fault and you can't even begin to understand just how terrible I feel about all of this."
Damon nodded his head, but spoke loudly. "Thank you Kol… but what the hell do you mean? Is this where my brother and I were sending humans when we sold them?" He hoped he was wrong... he'd forever be disgusted with himself. Of course, he didn't know but he should've looked more into where the humans were actually going.
Kol nodded his head. "I think it is time that you learn the truth." He cleared his throat as Damon prepared to hear even more bad news.
"A long time ago, my brothers and I came up with the idea of having a few humans here where we can drink without the risk of being caught. What vampire wouldn't want that? We agreed that we'll take the humans who gave us their consent. Believe me, there were many. You know how it works-you seduce them and they go weak in the knees. That was how it started out, no forced slavery and removal of their free will." He shrugged, looking at Damon with a 'knowing' look. "We absolutely loved it. An endless supply of blood whenever we desired it and we didn't dare to kill a human. We'd give them their time to recover and we'd use others until that person was able to give us some more of their blood and the process would continue without anybody getting harmed."
"Soon, this place-we called it the Forbidden Haven-was accommodating vampires. We started with the men. They would pay to feed on women and enjoy the show. I now realize just how closely related the idea is to a whorehouse but we got a profit from it so I was for a long time... blinded by the benefits."
"I don't get it, though. Who'd sacrifice daylight?" Damon couldn't understand it.
"You have no idea why some humans came here in the first place, Damon. There were the girls who were running from something or someone. Others who were simply starving. We were doing them a favor, at first! It was a good and noble deed, a one that I took pride in for saving others. This place was appealing-we paid the women and for years they could even go out. It was a great bargain for everyone-We dominated and they obeyed. You have to remember that during those days vampires were being killed easily. One thousand deaths per day. This was a safe haven for everyone, both us and them."
"What happened, then?"
"Basically? Klaus grew greedy. He wanted more and more, and we ended up kidnapping humans and bringing them here. Elijah and Finn disagreed, obviously. My brothers were never the type to do anything remotely related to that. But then things got out of control-We'd kidnap and leave tracks, and the anti-vampire authorities were watching our every move. We even got attacked by witches once, and it was then that I told my brother that this has to stop. He, obviously, didn't agree with me, and I knew better than to put up a fight so I had to negotiate with him and settle with whatever deal I could scrounge out of him. He is much stronger and angering him would've only made it worse. So we had a deal-We'd set some humans free on a full moon, the only day that the seal could be opened. You see, this place is an underground of a gigantic mansion in the older days, created by witches."
"What happened then?"
"Klaus betrayed us all," Kol said firmly. "His plan is to make a vampire army. He wants war, dominance. He wants to rid the world of humans, and we know that this can't happen. We need their blood to survive, but Klaus's obsession for power is making him unreasonable. The room Elena was in was the room where they experiment on humans-That's why they don't see them again after they go to that room. They end up dead. Klaus is trying to find a way to harvest blood-vampire and human one."
"That's why vampires pay with blood," Damon exclaimed in realization, "But I still can't understand why. He's doing this for power?"
"Yes. Dominance. Making people suffer was always Klaus's favourite hobby. He wants to end this, he believes that the world is rightfully ours, that it was taken from us."
"He uses everyone," Victoria joined in, standing next to Damon. "I used to work as a CEO, even when I was no longer human. I told Elena the story of how my friend was eight months pregnant when she was turned by a vampire. She didn't lose the baby-Ellie-and I raised her as mine when she met the sun. I befriended Klaus after a few days, and I thought that he cared for me. He deceived me and urged me to come to this place, and I, being naïve, thought that I could have a family, even as a vampire. When I came here I realized that his plan was all about harvesting blood-and children. He wanted Ellie's blood, a child's blood, to come up with some sort of twisted idea of synthetic blood where we wouldn't need to hunt anymore. That's the only thing he cares about-finding a solution for vampires."
"But that's impossible," Damon said, "We need humans. How can he even create such a thing-a combination of vampire and human blood?"
"That is why we can't let him follow his plans. He's going to kill many innocent people and there is a high risk that he'll kill us all. I want him dead, all these centuries have been enough." Victoria stated. "Too much innocent blood has been shed here in this hell and enough is enough!"
"I can't understand how Elena gets in the middle of this…" All of his thoughts drifted back to his angel-his light.
Kol looked at Victoria, who motioned for him to go on. "It's because Elena's a Guardian, Damon."
"A what?" Damon asked, shocked.
"A Guardian is the only specie that has enough strength to kill Klaus. Elena's duty is to protect-'guard' the world. She has the duty to kill the worst evil in the world, even if it means paying by her own life. She needs training and she'll be able to stop him," He continued breathlessly. "I know how this sounds to you but it is the only way, and Elena has to do it. Otherwise we'll all be in danger. Klaus is out of his mind and he will do anything to kill humans. It's all about revenge."
"Revenge? Why?"
"It's a long story," Kol said firmly, "And you don't need to know it."
"I'm not letting Elena walk into a lion's den. She won't be risking her life just because your brother decided to experiment on some humans to make blood that would never work!" Damon couldn't bear the thought of her risking her life and setting herself up for death... again. He wouldn't have it. He promised to protect her and he failed once. It wasn't happening again.
"Then everyone's going to die. Because Klaus won't stop until the very last human is dead."
Damon was sitting next to Elena, taking her hair out of her face. He hated being helpless, but there was nothing he could do. Feeding her blood was useless since it only healed physical bruises-In fact, he had already did it to heal her broken leg. But there was nothing he could do against a coma.
He researched all of the possibilities of using magic to wake her but no such luck did he find. He-they, had to wait it out. And it all led back to time.
He kissed her forehead and whispered soothing things to her, hoping that she'll hear him, that she'll respond to him. He needed her to be okay, to be alive. He needed to hold her, to apologize, to kiss her…To show her how much he had grown to love her.
Thinking about her fate he shivered. The word 'guardian' haunted him. What was going to happen to Elena? She needed to be 'trained'. What was the meaning of such word? She had been through enough emotional and physical abuse already. Hell, she had also been raped.
My poor Elena, he thought, squeezing her hand.
"I brought you blood," Victoria said, handing Damon a bloodbag. "We really need one."
"Yeah," He said, taking it from her. "Thanks."
"No problem," She sighed softly. "I hate this, you know. I really want to get Ellie out of here. But I can't, because Klaus never chose Ellie on the full moon-And he is too selfish to care about an innocent little kid. I'm thinking about bringing her here, with us. I hate seeing her suffer. When some of us transform she's horrified, and I hate seeing her in that kind of distress." The vampire had tears in her eyes talking about her 'daughter'.
"We'll find a way to set everyone free. Kol is right, Elena has to end this," He said, resigned to this fate. "And I am going to help her. All we need is time." There goes that damn word again. He laughed but there was no trace of humour in his voice.
And all he could do now was pray that Elena would wake up.
SPOILER FOR BOOK FANS: I borrowed this idea from the books, in which Elena is, in fact, a guardian who is assigned to protect the world from vampires and other creatures.
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Other book notice: I highly recommend reading the vampire diaries books. They are simply amazing even though there is a complete different storyline from the show. I loved the books written by the actual LJ Smith better, since they hired a ghostwriter for books 8,9, and 10. It was not fair that they had fired her because she wanted to write a Delena endgame, but anyway.
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