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"What is this?" Damon whispered but Stefan just shook his head. "Just back up real quiet and slow…" Damon said as a total of four werewolves moved toward them.
"What are they doing here? It's not a full moon" he added though that only half crossed Damon's mind. They continued backing up, they were so close to the house. Damon wanted to yell out for Elena to help but he knew Bonnie would be on her heels and he didn't want her involved. Nor could he ask Rudy, Bonnie would never allow it.
"Keep going" Damon whispered as the werewolves slowly continued moving toward them, but none of them seemed to be snarling.
"Sometimes wrong" Stefan said at the same time Damon thought it.
"Maybe they're not hungry" Damon whispered back but he knew that wasn't the problem, the werewolves seemed to be showing self-control. That wasn't how werewolves acted. And it wasn't a full moon. What was going on?
"Vampire" Stefan said as he suddenly stopped moving. Damon glanced around, ready to attack the first one but Stefan shook his head. "They must have somehow compelled the people to change to werewolves" he explained.
"Okay, but that doesn't explain why they're not attacking. We both know the werewolf persona and human are not one in the—" he barely finished his sentenced when lunged at him. But then nothing happened. At least not to him. He watched in horror as the werewolf seemed to move in slow motion and bite Stefan—who had not moved quick enough—on the shoulder. Feeling his instincts kick in he grabbed the back of the werewolf's neck and throw him as far as he could, grabbing Stefan's uninjured arm and ran at top speed.
Next thing he knew he was in the spare room Bonnie had occasionally stayed in. He would've been happy she still saw it as her room but right now his thoughts were on his brother. "Damon, what happened? Is everything okay?" Elena asked as he heard her footsteps running up the stairs. "Oh my—"
"Go lock the door, now, and call Jeremy, tell him to stay inside, wherever he is, stay inside" Damon demanded. It was weird how his instincts worked. One minute he hated Jeremy's guts, the next he wanted to protect him because he knew that sibling bond meant everything.
"Damon," he heard Bonnie's voice as her footstep lead into the room. "What happened?" she asked as she took one look at Stefan, practically pushing Damon aside.
"It's nothing" Stefan replied stupidly.
"I'm calling Klaus" Bonnie replied almost instantly, standing up and disappearing. Damon glanced over his shoulder, watching her leave. He wanted to be out there talking to Klaus with her, but he also wanted to be with his brother.
"How do you feel?" he asked looking over the wound which didn't look hideously bad—yet. Stefan grunted something about pain but then shook his head.
"You know what's going on, right?" he asked instead.
"Yeah, vampires are going to extreme measures to make sure this cure business is stopped" he said with a nod. As if to confirm this there was a loud howl from the outside window. Both brothers ignored it as Bonnie came into the room.
"Klaus will be here by morning" she told them as she went over to sit next to Stefan. "Can I get you anything?" she asked but Stefan shook his head.
"He knows we've been talking" he said nodding at Damon as Bonnie rolled her eyes.
"Don't worry, I totally understand" Damon said sarcastically as Bonnie stood up.
"I just don't want anything to happen to you" she told him.
"Yeah because not telling me has prevented this, how?" he asked nodding at Stefan. Bonnie started to reply but Elena came in so she shook her head in angry.
"Jer's fine, he'll be home in an hour, I figured it's safe by then. Bonnie, do you think you could pick him up, I don't want him traveling along and I know if one of us goes—"
"I'll go, don't worry about it" Bonnie said turning on her heels and leaving the room.
"What happened?" Elena hissed as Damon sighed and shook his head.
"We think the vampires are going after us because of the cure" Damon started.
"But that was a risk we knew we'd have to take" Elena countered.
"I know, but—" he didn't say anything else because of Elena's phone going off. She quickly jumped up to answer it, covering one ear to hear better.
"What?...no…no, Jer, slow down…" Damon watched her face change from confusion to slight surprise to worry. "No…it's okay…is she still there…and you're sure?" Damon searched her face, he didn't like her tone, her expressions. "Okay…yeah…see you soon" she whispered before ending the call. "We have a problem" she said turning to Stefan and Damon.
"I figured by your facial expressions" Damon said as Elena glared at him.
"Shelia spoke to Jeremy a few minutes ago, she found a way to speak with us all. She'll be here in twenty minutes" she said as Damon felt a little color drain from his face.