Twisted & Broken
Once again, I own nothing. I just like the idea of the crazy world that is Vampire Diaries. If you don't like it, don't read it. AU DAMON / ELENA plot, mingled with other characters, mature themes, and my own insight into the story. I never held your eyes open and forced you to enjoy my version of the story. Takes place during Season 5, but with my own original twist. Thus the AU titling. Shall we start Chapter 1? I think we shall. Commence the drama! – Skye
Chapter One
The weather had quickly soured from something bright and positive to something dreary and rather drab. For starters, the rain. Damon had never particularly liked the rain. It made for great dramatics, but he personally hated being wet if he didn't intend on being wet. Being out here with the now human, and very determined-to-piss-him-off Katherine didn't really help any. Standing over the cliff, looking over the small body of water, he frowned, his hair already sticking to his forehead, the wetness getting on his nerves.
"You said he was here, Katherine." He began, his tone quickly hinting on anger. "So, where is he?" Katherine wearily poised herself on the edge next to Damon, and cringed. Heights were a little scary to her now that she was human. She frowned up at Damon, pushing her own wet hair from her eyes, and shrugged. "Look, I got a tip from someone that he was here." Damon gave the surface of the water yet another look, and paused. "Where there bubbles right there, just now?" he pointed. Leaning over, he stared down at the deep water, and watched yet another set of bubbles come to the surface. Something, or someone, was down there.
"Well I'll be damned." Turning to face Katherine, he smirked. "You're good for something after all." Katherine made a face, and began following Damon down the hill towards the road that went to the beach below. "You know, if you actually tried to get to know me, I'm not really that bad. Even if I am human." Damon paused, whirling around to glare at her. "You weren't great when you were a vampire. I bet you're just wonderful as a human. Yeah, right." He turned again, charging down the hill with large, overly done steps. Katherine struggled to copy him, and found herself still halfway up when he was already at the bottom. "You know, you could've just carried me…" she wined, frowning down at him. Damon glared back. "This is pathetic. You're even more annoying now than before, if that's remotely even possible."
He threw out his arms in exasperation, and shook his head, eyes turned towards the raining sky. "And, you're going to get pneumonia. Me, nope. Just you." She gave up her battle and began her descent, slow and painful for a vampire with Damon's level of patience. When she finally reached the bottom, he was damn near pissed. "Seriously? Geez." They reached his car, the cool blue color standing out amongst the continuous yellow and grey color of the weeds on the sides of the road. Slipping into his car, he waited on Katherine, and then started the engine. The short drive seemed like it took a lifetime, and every second made Damon more and more nervous.
What happened if he got his brother out, and everything went back to the way it used to be, before he got the girl. Before Silas had tried to destroy everything. What if it didn't stay the way Damon liked it. Deep down inside, even though it went against everything he knew was right, Damon didn't want his brother back. But he knew there were people who would never forgive him if he knew the truth and didn't try to fix it. People who would hate him. People who would push him away. And that, he couldn't live with. Rather to have Stefan around than to have him gone and his current life ruined.
After reaching the bottom of the trail, he parked the car, and killed the engine. "Okay. No matter what happens, we are going to do everything we can to take care of Stefan. No matter what, you understand me?" Katherine nodded slowly, her dark eyes fixated on Damon's face, as if he was a total stranger. They both got out of the car, and began walking to the edge of the water. At least the rain had stopped. Slipping out of his jacket, he tossed it to Katherine. "Don't lose that, please. It's my favorite one." Katherine hugged it to herself, and then wrapped it around her, trying to shield herself from the oncoming chill.
He slowly began to enter the water, wading in until his feet couldn't touch the bottom anymore. Slipping his head under the water, he gave a quick look around, but didn't see anything. "I'm going to swim over by the cliff…" he began, glancing back at Katherine, who was pacing the shoreline. He started swimming, and within a minute or so, had reached the water near the cliff. The bubbles made another appearance just as he was about to turn away, and he took his chance, and dove, following the remaining bubble trail down.
Sure enough, there lay a safe, slightly buried in silt at the bottom of the lake. He paused, his mind taking in all possible points to what could be waiting for him in the safe. Not taking any more chances, he dove deeper, and began to try to pry the door off. He wasn't as strong as he used to be, not using his skills and strength like he should. He struggled against it, grunting under the water, releasing bubbles of his own. The safe finally budged slightly, and the metal gave way under the pressure of the water, busting the lock open. A rush of bubbles erupted around Damon, sending him back a few feet. He regained his balance in the water, and watched a shadowy form break the surface, and start towards the shore.
Katherine.
Damon pressed his heels into the bottom of the lake, and shot up after Stefan, following him to the surface, which he broke rather un-stealthily. "Stefan!" he shouted, following his brothers wake in the water. "Don't touch her." A starving Stefan and a non-vampire Katherine would be a bad combo. At the sight of Stefan arriving at the shore, Katherine had took off for the car, hoping it would provide some type of protection. However, Stefan was not a literal threat right now, and Damon witnessed him collapse into the wet sand. "Shit…" He swam to the shore, and jogged to his brother, who lay panting in the shallows. "Damon?" he asked, his voice broken. Stefan was starved, angry, and confused. "It's okay, man. Just relax. We're going to get the bastard back. No worries." He lifted Stefan from the water, and began walking towards the car. Katherine cowered behind the car, watching. "Open the door!" Damon barked, and she complied, after which he laid Stefan into the back seat.
"We have to get him home. N-ow"
Before Damon could properly finish his sentence, he'd been ripped away from the door of the car and tossed a good ten feet, which surprised him. Before him stood the living copy of his brother Stefan, and everyone's sworn enemy. "Silas." Katherine shuddered, and cowered next to Stefan. Spotting the keys, she began climbing quietly into the driver's seat. Silas took a few steps towards Damon, his eyes full of malice. "Oh, look what you found. Too bad you can't keep it." He added, and chuckled. Damon laughed. "Yeah, and who's going to stop me?" he asked, a smirk curling his mouth up.
Silas shrugged. "Me? And this?" he added, pulling a roughly carved stake from his back pocket. He came at Damon, slamming the wooden weapon into the sand. Damon rolled away, and got to his feet, ready to fight. Before he could act, the front of his car slammed into Silas, sending him to the ground hard. "Get in!" Katherine could always drive, and she's always been a bitch. He'd never thought of putting something like that past her. He dove into the passenger's seat, and they shot off into the brush, leaving Silas to figure out his own plans of revenge. Which weren't going to be pretty.
