I promise that Stefan will be rehabilitated very soon and that there will be some Steroline in the coming chapters, please bare with me :) CLM18 Please Read and Review!

Chapter 12

Damon groaned as he got up from the floor.

"Yeah Zach, baby. I am going to be a dad." He scratched his head.

"Holy shit, I mean that's crazy, you get humanized and then bam your having a kid." Zach's voice was angry.

"I know that this is a sore subject Zach, I didn't mean for you to find out like this." Damon said breathing deeply.

"Sore subject? Sore?" Zach said getting angrier, he walked close to Damon, Damon slowly backed away.

"Come on Zach, you don't have to fight me, Please I am sorry for what I did to Gail, okay." He said his hands up in the air surrendering. Lexi stood watching the scene play out completely confused.

"Don't, don't say her name Damon, you don't deserve to." Zach seethed, picking up a vase and pointing it at his uncle.

"Zach, I am sorry, if I could go back in time and save her I would. I am really sorry." He said dodging the vase as Zach threw it across the room.

"Don't say things you don't mean Damon!" Zach screamed.

"I mean it Zach, I mean it." He pleaded.

"It's your fault Damon, everything is your fault, you destroy everything you touch!" Zach screamed as his fist met Damon's face. Blood came pouring out of Damon's nose.

In the kitchen Caroline was scrabbling to find a blood bag, there was nothing. Not a drop.

She could hear the human heart's beating, the rushing of their blood pulsing in their veins was driving her crazy. Then she got a whiff of fresh blood. She vamp sped to the foyer. Damon and Zach were deep in a fist fight, Zach had Damon pinned. Caroline couldn't contain it anymore she ripped Zach off Damon and sank her teeth deep in his neck, ripping the flesh.

Lexi didn't have time to react, before they knew it Zach's limp body fell to the ground.

Caroline's eyes went wide, "Oh god, no no. I didn't mean that. Oh god…" she cried out, blood was soaking her face, hot tears falling down her face.

Damon got up and looked at the scene, "Lexi get Caroline out of here, hurry." He said, walking over to his last living relative.

"Fuck!" he yelled as he called Alaric.

"Hey, Damon I thought we were meeting up later?" Alaric's voice rang through the phone.

"Change of plans, can you come to the boarding house right now, I need your help." He sighed as he gave Alaric the directions.

"Yeah sure I don't have any classes this afternoon. Is everything okay? You sound upset." Alaric commented.

"Not exactly, bring a shovel." Damon said as he clicked end on his phone.

He stood running his hands through his hair, 'God dammit, so much for a quiet day.' He thought to himself, walking over Zach's dead body going to the wet bar and pouring a bourbon.

The alcohol burned his throat, numbing his insides.

His phone buzzed.

Elena – hey is everything okay? Did Stefan make it back okay?

Damon sighed, 'yeah 'Lena everything is great, my brother almost killed me, then I got in a fist fight with Zach and then Caroline killed him… my day is going great.' he thought to himself.

Text Elena – Stef is fine.

Elena- what's wrong?

Damon groaned as he slammed back his drink, pouring himself another one.

Text Elena – nothing babe, love you talk when you get home.

Elena- oh, could you pick me up at 3:30 Aunt Jenna made me an appointment with the "Witch" doctor.

Damon smirked slightly at the humor and replied that he would be there. He put his phone down and waited for Alaric.

15 minutes later….

Alaric rang the door bell. Damon came to the door, still covered in blood.

"Holy fuck man what happened to you?" Alaric gasped.

"Well, Stefan came home, slammed me into a wall, Zach and I got in a fist fight and then Caroline killed Zach." Damon said bluntly.

"Caroline? As in the sheriff's daughter?" Alaric said his eyes wide.

"Yes, Kathrine turned her, she was meant to break some sort of curse, anyway she was surrounded by blood this afternoon and she's a baby vamp. She didn't mean to kill him, but here we are." Damon pointed to the body of his dead nephew.

Alaric gasped, "Oh, okay. Well let's get this done then."

"Yup." Damon said as they wrapped Zach into a blanket and carried his body out to Alaric's SUV.

They took the body out to the woods and buried it.

"Look Ric, thanks. I am sorry about dragging you into all of this." Damon said pulling a flask from his jacket and taking a swig, offering it to Alaric.

Alaric took the flask and took a long drink, "I was already in this," he sighed.

"Yeah but I just mean I am sorry for Isobel." Damon groaned, "I wish I could tell you why she did it."

"I don't blame you for Isobel, she made her choice." Alaric sighed as they headed back to the boarding house.

"Well thanks, I really need you to train me to kill vamps Ric, I can't keep being so weak. Elena depends on me." Damon muttered.

"Have you thought about maybe being a vampire again?" Alaric questioned.

"No, I won't go back. I hated being a vampire Ric, sure I don't miss the speed, the compulsion, stuff like that. But the guilt, the thirst, watching everyone I care about die. No. I won't go back to that." He said shaking his head.

"Okay, well I'll train you then." Alaric nodded.

After they got back to the boarding house, Damon changed his clothes and showered. Meeting Alaric outside they headed to Ric's apartment.

"What are we doing here?" Damon asked.

"We are getting supplies." Alaric responded digging into a chest.

"What is all that?" Damon inquired.

"Vervain bombs, Vervain darts and stake bombs." Alaric said piling the stuff into a duffle bag.

Damon's eyes were wide. "Jesus, what are you? Buffy the vampire slayer?" he laughed.

"Like I said Izzy I found out everything I could about vampires." Alaric said as they piled back into his SUV.

"Okay so where are we going then? I have to pick Elena up at 3:30 we have an appointment at the clinic she has an appointment with the witch." Damon said.

"Well we are just going to go to the woods and I am going to show you how to use these weapons." Alaric nodded.

When the got to the woods….

"Okay so this one you just pull this pin." Alaric said pulling the pin from the Vervain bomb. "and then you throw it." He threw the bomb about 10 feet the whole thing exploded, showering the area with concentrated Vervain.

"Holy shit!" Damon said as he jumped back.

"Yeah those suckers are loud." Alaric laughed. "Now to set of the stakes you do the same thing, but only use it when your opponent is at close range." Alaric said as he demonstrated how to use the stake bomb, he pulled the pin and threw it at a nearby tree.

Damon was impressed. "Now when it hits a vamp it propelled the stakes deep into their chests." Alaric explained.

Damon nodded. "Lastly to use these darts you need to take the plastic tips off first." Alaric showed him how they came with a sheath.

"Okay." Damon responded.

"Here you shoot it." Alaric said handing him the gun.

Damon took the gun and pointed it at the same tree Alaric had thrown the stake bomb, he lined it up with the bomb and shot.

"Holy man you have amazing aim." Alaric yelled patting Damon on the back.

"Yeah I have been shooting a gun since before your grandpa was born Ric." Damon laughed.

"Great then I have an idea." Alaric responded.

"Okay I am all ears." Damon said.

"We are going to make wooden bullets. I assume you own a gun?" Alaric asked.

"Yeah, okay that will work." Damon nodded.

"We will still work out, and train to get your speed up, but if you have a gun with wooden bullets and some of these tools I showed you today, you won't be so vulnerable." Alaric responded.

"Thanks Ric, this really means a lot to me." Damon grinned.