Hello readers!
New chapter is here and it's a long one as I promised :) I finished all my exams and have only three days of real classes left. After that I will have two sports days and then finally get my certificate on twenty-fourth of June. I can't wait for holidays!
OK, so this is the first chapter from Jeremy's POV and don't worry it's not the only one. Hope you like it,
AGirlThatDaresToDream
The door squeaked quietly as he entered the room, gasping at the sight that reawakened his emotions the pain and the rage haven't soothe down not even for a moment in last five days, but when he entered his sisters room, they deepened. He staggered to her bed and closed his eyes trying to hold back the tears that were suddenly urging to flow when the emptiness of the room reminded him of what his task was.
Fife days passed and there was still no information about Elena, the only thing he knew was where she was. His imagination didn't give him a break, showing him pictures of his scared sister trapped in the perfectly white room, screaming. It was enough to push him to the edge of the nervous breakdown, his hands shaking like if he would be lying in the snow for an hour and his heart beating way to fast. It was his plan what was helping him to collect himself each time, not Jenna's unsuccessful attempts of comfort. He didn't need them all he needed was to save the only part of his family that was hopefully still able to be saved.
Making unrealistic plans in his head calmed him enough to open his eyes and look around. The room was tidy as always, everything on its rightful place. Elena different from him loved to keep it that way, sometimes teasing him that he lived in more like a cave than a room, because of his laziness. Something didn't look right, thought, a dark pink curtains were pulled over both of the windows, mugging the area of any light, wrapping the room in sadness.
He stood from the bed and walked to the window but not before stopping in front of the mirror, surrounded by family photos. He stared at the one taken this Christmas. The four of them were standing in front of the tree that they just finished dressing with what seemed like a hundred of glassed balls, lighting them with many small colourful lights that caused their smiling faces to look green and red. They all looked so happy in this picture in a big family hug. His eyes observed the picture for a little longer before it was too much, the smiling faces of his parents remembering him of their funeral, clearly seeing their coffins before his eyes and his crying aunt standing beside him. He didn't cry that day, silently promising his parents' bodies that he won't let himself do that before successfully saving his sister. He owed much more than that to them and he needed Elena to be save before losing himself in grief. "I won't fail you" He whispered, before drawing back the curtains, filling the room with what he knew Elena would see as hope.
…...
The house in front of which he was standing looked like a typical family home, its white façade and green shutters radiating cosiness. His perfectly polished black shoes were stamping the grass noiseless, and he could hear the movement inside the house. There was a woman in the kitchen cooking something that smelled like a burned chicken probably in her attempt to make lunch, and there was someone in the room upstairs not moving probably reading or staring at something. He quickly checked the upstairs windows if he was being observed, but he wasn't. Damon ran a hand through his hair as he found himself on the veranda, in front of the door, trying to calm his nervousness and excitement unsuccessfully before knocking. He was never sent to the specimen's home until yesterday, so let's just say that this was going to be interesting.
Maybe this will be the place where he will found out the cause of the girl's transformation, he thought when his fist found the wood. Maybe the secret is hiding in her past.
He wasn't left to wait for long before he heard the woman's footsteps approaching and the door opened revealing a still young looking woman probably in her late twenties with light brown almost blond looking hair and green eyes with plenty of grey, but almost no light in them. She started to speak but he interrupted her, showing her the badge he took from his pocket.
"I am Damon Salvatore from the CRS; I am here to talk to you and your nephew about my newest research." He scanned her face when she stepped back into the house after she processed the information and figured out that he was a vampire, before continuing.
"Your veranda is really beautiful but I would really prefer to talk to you somewhere more privet, if you know what I mean." The colour left woman's face and she hesitated. He let her be, knowing she will do as he proposed. Letting the employee of the government into the house was one of the many vampires related laws and he was sure she wasn't stupid enough to break these.
"Of course, come one in." A shaky response came quicker than he expected.
He stepped in the anteroom with a polite smile as soon as the spell was broken, looking around the living room. "Thank you… Now why don't we go and sit on the couch and you will call the boy down so we can talk?"
….
Jenna's call was what pulled him out of his dark thoughts and he jumped not expecting it at all. Usually he would disregard her, but the sound of her voice screamed that something wasn't right, so he left his sisters room, closing the door gently behind him before heading downstairs in to the living room.
He froze at the sight. On the small table right beside a bowl of cookies, lay a CRS badge. For a moment it was like the whole world stopped as the fear filled him slowly but forcefully and cleared his head. There was a vampire in the house, someone from the centre that held Elena. A vampire. The next think that hit him was panic. Did they came for him and Jenna? Did they do something wrong? He took a deep breath and entered the room, only to be welcomed by a strange man with black hair sitting opposite his new guardian, who looked calmer than he knew she was, her twitch as he walked in to the room confirming that. The vampire scanned him with an unreadable expression on his face before speaking.
"Good, now we are all gathered." He turned to Jeremy. "As I already told your aunt, I am Damon Salvatore from the CRS. I am the head of the research team who is observing your sister, and I am to ask you some questions… Please sit." He mentioned towards the couch Jenna was already sitting on.
Jeremy didn't move. The man who was doing who knows what to his sister sitting not more than three steps away from him and bossed him around his own home? No word would be powerfull enough to describe the amount of hatred and disgust he felt towards the monster, but it was the fear and his aunt's look that made him obey.
"So you are familiar with the law about being questioned by the government employee, right?" He felt Jenna nod next to him. Of course they knew, they were reminded from the human news at least once a week. "Okay than. Do you have any questions before we begin?"
Jeremy clenched his fist behind his back. The vampire was being way to polite, causing the tension to grow every second. Jenna cleared her throat and he turned the attention to her. "I… I was just wondering if you could tell us how Elena is doing." She asked loudly and confidently, but her nephew could see right through her as she looked at the floor. She was scared.
When he turned to the unwelcomed guest a moment later he thought he saw an unknown emotion in his eyes, before his expression became blank again and he shook his head. "I am not allowed to talk about the process of-."
"But…" Jeremy tried to jump in to the conversation, only to be quickly interrupted by Jenna.
"Of course, we understand." He stared at her in shock. Is that really how much she loved Elena, not even trying to fight for her? They used to be almost like best friends, laughing and talking to each other for hours, playing video games with him and before the accident Elena actually promised her aunt to teach her how to cook some basics. His anger started to grow as the vampire started asking questions and ignoring his every single attempt to found out anything about his sister. All of them touching the boarder of what was personal: What was Elena like as a child, did she experienced any traumatic events in her early life, did they notice anything strange when she was young… And they answered all of them until he crossed the line.
"What were her parents and the relationship between the three of them like?"
The room fell silent for almost a minute and his aunt's hand tried to found its way to his, but he shook it away before she spoke, scanning researchers face.
"I am sorry, but don't think this question is acceptable at this time, we are still mourning."
The response came quickly and Jeremy could almost feel the unhuman persistence in it.
"It would be really helpful for the research." He could feel her body shaking next to him as she was holding back tears.
"They loved her very much… That's all I will say." The man nodded, turning to Jeremy again.
"And what was the relationship between you and your sister?"
The boy couldn't even think straight anymore, the hot rage in his heart causing red dots to jump in front of his eyes. He gritted his teeth, really trying not lash out.
"I won't answer this question."
"Well you will have to."
"What did you do to Elena?" He asked, disregarding the statement.
"I already told you I cannot tell you." The vampire's voice grew hard. "Now answer."
Jeremy stood up, his aunt instantly holding him back. "Jer…"
His eyes never left monster's face as he pushed her away. "Don't you dare call me that!"
"Calm down boy, you don't want to do this." Vampire's eyes carefully studied his face.
"You are wrong." The rage was strong, too strong. "What. Are. You. Doing. To. My. Sister?"
"I cannot give you this information. Now stop acting like a total idiot, sit back down and answer the question."
He could feel his feet move, but it was like he had no control over his actions, like his rage was compelling.
The surroundings suddenly became smudged, he heard a scream, and the next think he knew he was pushed in to the wall on the other side of the room, his body trapped in the arms of the monster its eyes drilling in his soul, but no compelling him.
"Stop resisting. Now." He stopped as the fear predominated his anger. He could see Jenna still standing in front of the couch, her palm covering her mouth.
"It looks like you have luck on your side, little Gilbert." The vampire stated, and Jeremy looked at him in confusion. "You should both be happy that it was me who was sent here. You realise what you just did was incredibly stupid, right? I could kill you right this second and not even be punished for doing it." Jeremy just looked at him and the researcher must have found something in his eyes, because his tone was different when he continued. "Now because you are really lucky I will make a deal with you… If, and only if, you will answer all of my questions and not case anymore trouble, I will tell you how you sister is doing before I leave. Is that clear?"
The boy nodded.
"Good." The vampire's hands left hid sides. "Now tell me… What was your relationship with your sister like?"
They were talking for almost an hour after that, both him and Jenna telling him everything he wanted to know, hoping they can hold him by his word. When the man seemed to cross all of the questions he had written on the piece of paper he picked up the his case and pulled the two needles out of it, causing Jeremy's body to tense, before the sentences he wanted to hear the whole conversation reached his ears.
"Elena is fine. Almost to fine regarding the situation she is in, she was very shaken and confused at first, but she is better now, she even asked about you. I think that is all you need to know."
After five days relief ran through him at last. She is going to be OK. If what the vampire said was the truth, she could still be saved and will be OK if he will get her out soon enough. He let out a shaky breath he didn't realise he was holding, but his moment of relief was quickly ruined when the researcher informed them that he will have to take their blood.
….
They sat in silence for almost five minutes after the vampire left, and Jeremy could feel the tension leaving being replaced by calmness until it was broken by his aunt.
"So you realize what you did was pretty stupid, right?" She looked at him, her voice soft, like she was talking to a toddler.
"Well at least I did something while you were all polite and obliging." He stood up and headed towards the stairs, but Jenna caught his hand in hers.
"Hey. You know I had to do this, right? He could report us if I didn't invite him in."
He shook her hand away. "Don't even start."
"You really shouldn't lash out at him."
"I said don't"
"Just listen to me for a second." She started to sound desperate, causing him to lose his temper again. She didn't do anything. She didn't fight.
"No, I won't listen to your excuses anymore. You haven't done anything. You probably just faked your love for Elena right; you didn't even try to get information about her out of him! That is the truth, right? You don't give damn about her. You don't give a damn if she dies or is being tortured and god knows what are they going to do to her! As long as you are safe it doesn't bother you." He couldn't hold his opinion back anymore.
"I was trying to protect you!" She stated as her eye filled with tears. "Your parents…"
"Don't you dare to say they would do the same! How you even dare to talk about them? Face the reality, Jenna. They would die for Elena, they DID die for Elena and you are standing here not even trying to get her out? If you are not doing anything you are allowing those monsters to do whatever they like. You are on their side, Jenna. And you sicken me because of it. You are just like them."
He ran up the stairs leaving her in her despair, not caring if she was crying. In his eyes she deserved it.
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