Damon listened to Klaus as he told him the story of the Dagger Crest. Acting like someone who was hearing the story for the first time even though he already knew about it thanks to Alaric. But for the sake of still fooling Klaus Damon had to act like he never heard it before. He sat there listening as Klaus told him the story.
"This witch she made a weapon that could kill me." Klaus went on. "The Falcon Dagger Crest."
"Who was this witch?" Damon asked playing along.
Klaus rubbed his chin. "Her name was Leslie Applegate she spent years trying to kill me and finally came up with a way to do it."
Damon eyed Klaus. "Obviously she failed since your still standing here today."
Klaus's lips curved. "She did, poor thing spent to much energy on making the weapon and didn't have enough to use it to kill me, so I made her pay."
"You killed her." Damon commented.
"That I did I snapped her neck in two." Klaus said
"Then you tried to destroy the Dagger the only thing that could kill you?" Damon asked nonchalant. "That's what I would try to do."
Klaus shook his head. "I tried to destroy it. Tried to break it in two, snap it in half but couldn't even with my strength, I tried to burn it but it remained unharmed, she put some kind of spell on it protect it."
Damon shifted. "At least with that Leslie witch dead you are out of the woods and no one really knows that there is something that can kill you."
"I'm out of the woods." Klaus commented "But if there was ever a witch powerful enough to use the Dagger she very well could use the thing to kill me."
"But you wouldn't let that happen." Damon said
"I wouldn't." Klaus said "That's why I took the thing and hid it where no one could find it."
Damon acted surprised "And you're going to tell me where it was hidden."
Klaus looked at Damon. "Like I said I trust you."
Damon nodded his head.
"This must remain between us, not even my hybrids know about this." Klaus stated
Damon made a motion across his mouth. "My lips are sealed."
Klaus started to pace the room. "After I failed in ruining the thing, I took the Dagger Crest with me to North Carolina, I worked at a Brewery in Charlotte, I hid it there in a basement that's where it is and that is where it remains today."
Damon couldn't believe that Klaus had just told him. He didn't know if Klaus was telling the truth or it this was just a test but there was only one way to find out.
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The next day Bonnie was in a car headed down a North Carolina. She wasn't alone Damon had a very brief meeting with her the night before and told her that Klaus had told him where the Dagger Crest was he couldn't leave to see if Klaus was telling the truth, so he called Caleb Morley and then Tyler to go along as protection for Bonnie just in case it was a trap. Caleb drove his car and Tyler was in the passengers seat. Caroline sat in the back seat next to Bonnie. Hearing that going to North Carolina to try and find the Dagger Crest and knowing that it could lead to danger for her good friend Caroline wanted to come along insisting that her being a vampire would be added protection for her friend and no one protested her.
"What is this Brewery that we are going to?" Caroline asked
Caleb kept his eyes on the road ahead of him. "Klaus worked at the Fisher brothers Brewery in the 1700's." He explained as he had looked it up. "He says that he took the Dagger there and hid it, the Brewery lasted for a while but it was shut down in the early 1800's."
"You believe that it's still there?" Tyler wanted to know.
Caleb shrugged a shoulder. "There's only one way to find out."
Bonnie couldn't be help but to feel a little nervous not sure if Klaus word could be trusted. "There's a chance that this whole thing could be a trap or a set up."
Caroline looked at her friend. "You think that Klaus is testing Damon?"
"I really don't know." Bonnie answered "I think that he has done a great job of tricking Klaus so far. I guess we have no choice but to go to this place and see it the Dagger Crest is really there."
"We're here to protect you." Tyler spoke to Bonnie. "Don't worry we won't let anything happen to you."
Caroline patted her on the shoulder. "Yeah we've got your back."
Bonnie nodded her head. "I know that all of you do so if something goes wrong or if this is a trap."
"We fight our way out if we have to and get the hell out of dodge." Caleb added
"Exactly." Bonnie said
The drive lasted for about twenty minutes more before Caleb turned into a dirt drive way. In front of them was a very old brick building about five stories tall. It had the faded letters of Fisher's brothers Brewery on the front."
Caroline leaned forward to get a better look. "That place looks really won down."
"It is hundreds of years old." Tyler pointed out.
Caleb parked the car and turned of the engine.
"Let's be very careful here guys." Bonnie told him all.
The four of them got out with flash lights looking around and aware of their surroundings so far nothing seemed out of place. They started to walk towards the building. They entered the building where things were dusty, worn down, and dark. They turned on their flash lights to see.
"Watch your step." Caleb commented "Like Tyler said this building is old."
The group walked around the building floor boards creaking under their feet. Coming up upon a set of stairs that lead down to what they guessed was the basement they took them down into a rather large basement. The room was mostly bare except for a couple of chairs and an old table and with some boxes that lined the walls.
"We better start looking." Caroline said
Using their flashlights they looked around the basement to try and find the Dagger Crest. They started with looking through the boxes that were filled with old items from the 1700's and 1800's. Items were tossed around as they looked through the boxes. But after fifth teen minutes they were coming up empty. They looked around in other parts of the room but was coming up empty.
"Find anything yet?" Caleb asked.
Tyler wiped his hands on his pants. "No not yet."
Caroline looked around. "We have looked just about everywhere, maybe it's not here, maybe Klaus really did fool Damon."
Bonnie walked around with her flashlight, that was when she felt it and she didn't know why she didn't from all of this time that they were in the room but she felt a surge of power coming from somewhere in the room.
"Wait." Bonnie said to them.
"Is something wrong?" Tyler asked
Bonnie closed her eyes. "I think that the Dagger Crest is here."
"Are you sure about this?" Caleb asked
"Yes I can feel it's power calling out to me." Bonnie answered
"Where?" Caroline wanted to know.
Bonnie held out her hands and went towards where the source of the power that she felt was coming from. She come upon a section of wall that looked thicker than the other places of wall around the room. She pressed her hand to the wall.
"It's behind here." Bonnie said to them.
"The Son of a Bitch hid it and but a brick wall around it to keep it hidden?" Tyler questioned.
Caleb eyed the wall. "A clever way to hide something."
"But not clever enough, he didn't count on a witch like Bonnie feeling it's powers I bet." Caroline commented.
Bonnie's eyes scanned the room. "We need something to break this wall open."
Caleb retrieved an old steal bat. "Step back."
They all did as he requested. Caleb used the bat and began smashing in the section of wall using his vampire strength to break holes into the wall sending pieces of brick and dust flying. When the whole was big enough. He reached in and felt around.
"I think that I have something." Caleb said He pulled out something wrapped in a dirty, moldy cloth.
Bonnie could feel the power coming from whatever was wrapped in the cloth. "Let me see that."
Caleb handed the cloth to her.
Bonnie took it. All of them waited with baited breath as she unwrapped it. In her hand was revealed the Dagger Crest the one that matched the picture that she had gotten from Alaric. She let the cloth fall to the floor feeling the weight of the Dagger in her hand. They had just found possibly the only thing in the world that could kill Klaus.
Bonnie looked at them. "Looks like we've got him!"
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"We found it, on our way back to Virginia."
That was the text message that Damon got from Caleb. Relief ran through him they were safely on their way back and Bonnie had the thing in her hands that was needed to kill Klaus. Damon texted Caleb back and slipped the phone into his pocket.
Klaus entered the room. "Damon I'm inviting you to a gathering that I'm having tomorrow night."
"What gathering?" Damon asked
"I'm meeting up with some of my best hybrids and I would like for you to come." Klaus told him.
"I'm there." Damon said
Klaus licked some blood off of the corner of his lips. "I knew that you would be, I going to have to ask you to do something for me."
"What is that?" Damon asked
"I don't what anyone standing in our way of trying to rule the world, I know that the woman who is still your wife will try to run inference." Klaus said
Damon ran a hand through his hair. "I'll take care of Bonnie if she gets in the way."
"Prove it." Klaus told him.
Damon didn't like the tone of Klaus's voice. "How would you like me to do that?" He asked with no choice but to play along.
"Tomorrow night I want you to bring her to the meeting with me and my hybrids and there you will really prove your loyalty to my cause." Klaus said
Damon inwardly cursed feeling that dread raise up inside of him. "You want me to bring the witch to the meeting so that you can kill her?"
"No." Klaus corrected with a cold grin. "I want you to bring her there so that you can kill her in front of all of us. That won't be a problem for you will it Damon? I mean you are over your wife after all."
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Hey I'm about to wrap this story up but I am doing a sequel to it. It would like your vote on what direction I should take the sequel in.
1. Damon "Dies" is murdered which drives Bonnie to go dark.
2. Bonnie "Dies" is murdered Damon loses it like Rippah Stefan.
Their deaths would only be temporary but not before one of them goes dark or into Rippah state and the other will come back from the dead to save their spouse and be reunited with them. So tell me where would you like me to go?
