Chapter 18: Bring Me Down
From the song: Bring Me Down by: Puddle of Mudd
Me: OH MY GOSH! Thank you guys SO MUCH for reviewing! I just checked the reviews and when I saw I had that many I got off of the computer chair and did a happy dance and clapped like a little girl! LOL But seriously I KNEW you would hate me for that chappie! HAHAHA I'm evil.
Marilyn Manson: Jeez, what kind of story is this?
Me: The Vampire Diaries.
Marilyn Manson: Never heard of it.
Me: [demon voice] WHAT?
Marilyn Manson: um…uh… [Gulps]
Me: [laughs] Okay, do you know who Ian Somerhalder is?
Damon: [growls]
Me: [hits him with a mallet.] You are a fan of LOST right?
Marilyn Manson: Yes. Oh! Did he play Boone?
Me: YEP! [Grins]
Marilyn Manson: He died. [Sad face]
Elena: Marilyn Manson is a fan of LOST?
Me: [to fans] Yep! It's true! He likes LOST! :)
Stefan and Elena: o.O
Damon: O…kay…
Marilyn Manson: He was cute. I didn't like Shannon, though.
Everyone: [nods]
Damon: WAIT! Did you just call Ian Somerhalder cute?
Marilyn Manson: [nods] Yeah. Why?
Damon, Stefan and Elena: o.O
Me: I know, right? [Puts arm around him and kisses his cheek.] On with the Show!
"Make no promises to me…your quickly fading…watch out for all familiar signs when you're going the wrong way…Jesus never sleeps when your being a Sinner…"
Alaric, Jeremy, Matt, Tyler, Lee, Bonnie, Stefan, Damon and Elena silently took in the Vampires on the floor.
Jeremy was the first to speak. "What did you do?"
"I…don't know." Bonnie started flipping through the pages of Emily's spell book. "That wasn't supposed to happen."
"Yeah, apparently." Damon scoffed.
Elena slowly stood up and walked towards the Vampires on the floor. "What do we do?"
Damon came up behind her and nudged Frederick with his boot. "Stake and burn." He smirked when Elena rolled her eyes.
"We can't just…wait and see if they'll leave peacefully first?"
"Um, newsflash, Elena. We tried that, and almost got killed in the process."
Behind them, Alaric nodded in agreement.
Damon nudged Frederick again.
"Damon!" Elena scolded. "Stop that!"
"It's not like they have a problem with it."
"But still-"
"Guys!" Matt said. "We need to figure out what to do."
Everyone looked at the Vampires.
Bonnie spoke up. "I think Damon's plan is best. Stake and burn the ones we don't want."
Damon smirked at her. "You just love that plan, huh?"
Bonnie glared. "I would like it better if you were with them."
"Guys!" Elena cut in. "Let's just do it."
"Okay," Bonnie sighed. "What time is it?"
"A little after midnight, why?"
Damon put his arm out to silence them. "Hold on." He narrowed his eyes and looked at Tyler.
Feeling uncomfortable, Tyler sank back. "What?"
In a second Damon was in front of him and grabbed his arm.
"Dude, what are you doing?" He struggled against Damon.
"Dude? Really? I thought we went over this." He started for the back door. "Come on."
Exchanging glances, they followed.
Damon let go of Tyler and stood in front of him. "Do you know anything about your ancestors?"
Tyler looked at him like he was crazy. "Not really, why?"
Damon smirked and looked at the Full Moon. "Take about two steps backwards."
"Wha-"
"Just do it."
Tyler obeyed and once the moonlight hit him he fell to the ground.
"Tyler!" Matt tried to run after him but Damon grabbed him.
Tyler began shaking uncontrollably and started screaming. Everyone watched in astonishment as the air seemed to shimmer around him before Tyler's body grew and became more and more wolf-like.
"Tyler?" Matt whispered.
In the blink of an eye, a dark gray wolf with light golden eyes that seemed to glow appeared.
It growled and started towards them.
"Everyone, get back in the house!"
"But Damon-" Elena began.
"NOW!"
Everyone scrambled in the house while Damon grabbed Tyler and pushed him onto the ground. The wolf growled and flipped over, sending Damon flying against a tree.
"You're a strong thing, aren't you?" He started towards the wolf again and Tyler lunged forward to attack.
Damon moved to the side and grabbed Tyler's tail. (A/N: Haha.) He slammed Tyler back onto the ground and held him in place. Suddenly Stefan appeared and helped hold the wolf down. Tyler calmed down and they eased up a little. Suddenly he jumped up and through the window of the Boarding House.
Damon and Stefan ran into the house where Tyler was running towards everyone. Everyone tried to get away but Tyler was too fast. He lunged forward and grabbed Elena by the shoulder and slammed her down. Elena screamed and tried to fight against the wolf. Alaric threw something at Tyler to get his attention and he growled and jumped on Alaric, ripping into his skin.
"Tyler! Stop!" Stefan and Damon grabbed Tyler.
"Jeremy!" Damon called. "Go open the door to the basement."
Jeremy obeyed and Damon and Stefan dragged Tyler down, threw him in the cellar and locked the door.
Tyler calmed himself and stopped shaking and growling. The three Vampires went back upstairs. Everyone was shaken and Elena, Matt and Alaric were wounded.
After a moment of shocked silence, Damon said, "Well that was fun."
Everyone rolled their eyes, but was relieved that someone had said something.
"Alright," Stefan said. "Alaric, Matt and Elena – come here and I'll help you."
"Yeah, that's a good idea." Damon replied. "I'll do it."
"Um…Damon?" Bonnie said, looking down at the Vampires.
The scent of blood from Matt, Elena and Alaric had caused the Vampires begin to move. They all opened their eyes and looked around, but didn't move their bodies. A couple of them hissed.
"Alright, Alaric." Damon said calmly. "Get a few stakes. Elena, Matt, come here." Alaric ran out to his car, ignoring the pain, and brought in about 20 stakes.
"Jeez, Rick. Prepared for a rampage, are you?" Damon smirked.
"I like to be prepared." He replied simply.
Stefan, Bonnie, Damon and Lee began staking.
"Wait!" Jeremy exclaimed.
Everyone turned to look at him.
"Anna's mom. Save her."
"Jeremy we-"
Stefan began but Damon interrupted. "Alright. Leave Pearl."
Damon looked at Katherine right before he put a stake to her chest. He gently moved her hair out of her face and caressed her face. Suddenly a stake was rammed into her chest. Damon looked up to see Bonnie, a silent determination on her face.
Pearl, Anna and Lexi were left.
"Alright. Let's put them in the fireplace."
The four of them dragged the bodies to the fireplace and watched as they went up in flames, turning to ash.
Stefan sighed and looked over at Anna, Lexi and Pearl.
"Alaric, Matt and Elena are injured so they could give them their blood before you heal them."
Damon simply nodded.
"Guys," Bonnie said. "I'm so sorry! I think I messed up my grandma's parts in Emily's spell."
"Yeah," Damon replied coldly. "I think you did."
Stefan glared at him. "Damon, you-"
"No, do you have any idea what it was like to have to watch Katherine die again?"
"But Damon I-"
"No." He interrupted. "You help clean up and I want you out of here."
Everyone was shocked at the way Damon was acting. He turned and pointed to Alaric, Matt and Elena. "You three. Alaric, you give blood to Pearl. Matt, give blood to Lexi, and Elena, you give blood to Anna."
He wasn't asking – he was demanding.
Stefan and Jeremy helped them, but Jeremy felt his face change and stepped back. "I can't do it."
"That's okay, Jer. Just go sit down for a minute." Stefan said.
Matt, Elena and Alaric wiped their finger across their wounds and put it to each of the Vampire's lips.
"Step back," Stefan ordered and everyone stood across the room.
Pearl was the first to open her eyes. She slowly sat up and looked around. She looked down at Anna. "Annabelle? Annabelle, wake up?"
Anna slowly opened her eyes. "Mama?" She smiled. "Mama!" Pearl and Anna stood up and hugged and cried.
Lexi gasped and stood up quickly. She looked around in confusion.
"Lexi?" Stefan said and she smiled at him.
She ran and hugged him. "Stefan! Oh my gosh!"
She turned and glared at Damon. She sauntered over and grabbed a stake out of Alaric's hand. Before Damon could stop her, she plunged the stake in his stomach.
"Now we're even, fucker."
"Look back into those devious minds, they keep pushing and pulling…"