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Chapter 26: Truth Exposed
The sun came up and light shown in on Sakura's room. Sakura mumbled a little before waking up. She opened her eyes and put her arm on her forehead, blocking part of the sunlight. "Finally awake Wolfie?" Damon said and Sakura looked at him.
"What are you doing here, in my bed?" Sakura asked lazily, still not fully awake.
"Well," Damon played with her hair, "I was worried after you passed out. What happened?"
"I passed out?" Sakura sat up and realized she was at the boarding house. "I don't… I don't remember," Sakura's memory was pulled up a blank. Damon touched her hand and she pulled away quickly as a vision of fire appeared in her head. "Fire?" Sakura said as she held onto her head.
"Again with that nightmare?" Damon complained.
"If you're awake it's not a nightmare," Sakura pointed out.
"Oh, right," Damon smirked. "By the way, you're supposed to help with some float for the Founders. Leilani told me," Damon smiled.
"What's going on with you two?" Sakura asked.
"Well…" Damon trailed off.
Sakura held his head with one hand and put the other behind his neck, "Tell me."
"She's been asking me to help with her memory," Damon slipped. "Wow, you'd think you were the vampire with compulsion abilities," Damon smirked.
"With her memory?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah," Damon laid back on the bed and picked up a stuffed animal, tiger that was laying on the bed. "She said she had a blank in her memory, and wanted me to help her regain those memories," Damon explained as he played with the tiger.
"Did it work?" Sakura asked, sounding concerned.
"Only a little bit, it can take time I guess. But it seems like…" Damon trailed off.
"That her memories were taken or sealed," Sakura finished her sentence.
"Exactly," Damon looked at her curiously.
"This isn't going to be good," Sakura flopped back down on the bed.
"Was it… Did you seal them away?" Damon asked. Sakura looked at him, and that one look said it all.
"She shouldn't have to remember those times," Sakura sighed.
"Those times?" Damon asked.
Sakura let out a heavy breath and turned to him. "After the fire, we moved around a little bit. The place we stopped in, we were helped out by a group of people that knew about my powers. Leilani happily went to school most of the time, I did, but I had an after school job, so to speak. They used my powers, to hunt people down… When they asked me to kill a child, I couldn't. They tortured me," Sakura touched the scar on her back, "But when that wasn't enough, they brought in Leilani and Allen. They killed him right before us, our closest friend in that town, to try and get me to do as I was told. I snapped after that, powers out of control, I destroyed the whole facility. We ran away after and Leilani wasn't herself, so I had to do something. I found a spell at the library, and it worked. It sealed away all the memories that had to do with my powers," Sakura explained.
"Wow," Damon seemed speechless. "If that scumbag who hurt you is still around, I'd torture him to death," Damon growled.
"I don't know what will happen if she actually remembers," Sakura sighed.
"I can try to stop them from coming back," Damon suggested.
"She'll just keep trying to get her memories back," Sakura smiled weakly.
"I'm so sorry, about everything," Damon pulled her into a tight embrace.
After Sakura felt well enough, she headed to school to work on the float with the others. Sakura and Leilani were headed to work with Caroline and Bonnie when Alaric pulled Sakura aside. "Just go on ahead," Sakura smiled at Leilani.
"What's up?" Sakura asked as she followed him to the history room. Inside Elena and Stefan were already waiting. She sat down at one of the desks and then the door opened.
"Sorry I'm late. Dog ate my… Never mind," Damon came in and looked around.
"Thank you for coming," Ric crossed his arms and sighed.
"What's with all the furrowed brows?" Damon asked looking around.
"I saw Isobel last night," Ric answered.
"Isobel's here?" Damon asked surprised, Ric nodded. "In town?" Damon looked at Elena with worry. Damon paced the floor, "Did you ask about Uncle John? Are they working together?" Damon seemed to be full of questions.
"No," Stefan answered.
"No they're not?" Damon wanted clarification.
"No, I didn't ask," Ric cleared it up.
"What about the invention?" Damon asked.
"Didn't ask," Ric said again.
"Does she know about the tomb vampires?" Damon walked up to Ric.
"I don't know," Ric sighed.
"Did words come completely escape you?" Damon stepped close to Ric angrily.
"I was a little to distracted by my dead vampire wife, to ask any questions," Ric retaliated.
"What does she want?" Damon asked.
"She wants to see me Damon," Elena spoke up.
"Alaric is suppose to arrange a meeting," Stefan explained, "We don't know why or what she wants."
"You don't have to see her if you don't want to," Damon looked at Elena seriously.
"I don't really have a choice," Elena said.
"She's threatening to go on a killing spree," Ric explained.
"We could always fake the meeting, and kill her," Sakura suggested.
"She's my mother," Elena complained, "I want to do it though, I want to meet her. If I don't, I know I'll regret it."
"Fine, but if she tries anything, she's dead," Sakura threatened with a growl. Sakura didn't like that Isobel disowned Elena. She couldn't stand the thought of Isobel causing Elena more pain.
They headed to Mystic Grill, Elena went inside to meet Isobel, with Stefan off to the side for support. Damon, Sakura and Alaric waited outside. "We should be in there," Damon complained.
"No," Ric said quickly, "Isobel made it clear we were not to step inside."
"I'm not going to kill her in a crowded restaurant," Damon stated as he paced around the bench.
"You're not going to kill her period," Alaric glared at Damon, with his arms crossed.
"Why not?" Sakura asked, looking up at him from the bench, "She's horrible, she ruined your life, and you still want to protect her?"
"She's my wife," Alaric replied, "She was my wife."
"If things come down to it, you can't stop me from doing what I think needs to be done," Sakura stated.
Alaric sighed, knowing that he couldn't stop her. "I looked for my wife. The woman in there isn't her. She's cold and detached," Alaric frowned.
"She's given up her humanity," Damon stated as he leant on the back of the bench.
"See I don't get that," Ric stated, confusing Damon a little, "Stefan has his humanity. He's a good guy. Hell, you're a dick and you kill people, but I still see something human in you. But with her there's… There's nothing."
"You can turn it off, like a button you can press. I mean Stefan's different, he wants the whole human experience. He seems to feel every episode of how I met your mother. So he shuts his feelings out. The problem is as a vampire, your instinct is not to feel," Damon tried to explain.
"I think that's a load of bull crap," Sakura commented.
"What do you know, you're not a vampire," Damon glared down at her.
Sakura placed one hand on his face and looked straight into his eyes. "I know more about vampires then you'd think," Sakura smiled lightly.
Damon coughed slightly and backed away from her. "Isobel chose the easier road," he continued, "No guilt, no shame, no regret. I mean come on, if you could turn it off wouldn't you?" Damon asked Ric, now standing beside him.
"You haven't," Ric stated.
"Of course I have Ric. That's why I'm so fun to be around," Damon stated, not convincing Sakura.
After Isobel left the Grill and disappeared. They went in and talked to Elena briefly. The next day, Damon went to go find Isobel, making sure Sakura didn't follow. As annoying as it seemed to her, she didn't really want to run into Isobel. She knew that if she did, things would go downhill fast. Leilani dragged Sakura to school, to help with the floats. Sakura quickly got away from her and just roamed through the crowds.
"Sakura!" she turned to see Jeremy.
Sakura stopped walking, "What's up Jer?"
"Hey, have you seen Anna?" Jeremy asked her, seeming worried.
Sakura looked up at him, not sure what to say, "Are you guys friends?"
"We're more than friends. If you know anything or see her, would you let me know?" Jeremy asked.
"Yeah sure Jer, haven't seen her in a while though," Sakura sighed.
"Okay, thanks," Jeremy walked away.
"Gilberts and vampires, it's seeming synonymous. They always find them," Sakura sighed, as she spoke to herself quietly. She got a chill and looked around through the crowd to see Elena talking to, Isobel? Figuring that it couldn't be good, Sakura pushed through the crowd, which seemed like there was someone getting in the way at every step. Suddenly there was a scream that Sakura recognized. "Matt?" Sakura finally made it through the crowd, and over to where Matt's arm was being crushed by the float.
"Come on, give me a hand," Tyler asked for help. Sakura came up to them quickly and tried to lift the float up enough, when it didn't seem like they were strong enough, Sakura used her powers to give it an extra push. Right then, Stefan ran up beside her to help them out. They lifted it enough for Matt to get his arm out.
"Call an ambulance," Stefan told Caroline as he and Sakura rushed to Matt, where Caroline had already shown up.
Sakura glared at Isobel, figuring it wasn't an accident, and that she had something to do with it. Isobel disappeared and Elena was looking around franticly for Jeremy.
"The ambulance is saying 15 to 20 minutes," Caroline informed them.
"I have my car, I can take him to the hospital," Tyler said.
"Caroline can take me," Matt argued.
"I didn't drive," Caroline informed them.
"Then I'll wait," Matt growled.
"Mattie, stop being an idiot and let Tyler help," Sakura growled.
"She's right. Go Tyler," Caroline tried to rush him.
Sakura got up, leaving Matt to Caroline and started to look around. "We need the device from Damon," Stefan walked up to her. He pulled her over to a quieter spot, "We're going to have to talk to him. The device is for fighting vampires, but Damon might give it up if we can deactivate it, or at least tell him it is," Stefan explained.
"Would have been easier to steal it," Sakura sighed.
They met up at the boarding house to try to talk Damon into giving it up. They were in the living room talking. "Absolutely not," Damon said, as expected.
"Just hear me out," Elena pleaded.
"I'm not going to give the device to Isobel, so she can give it to John, who's going to turn around and kill me. I like being a living dead person," Damon frowned.
"But it'll be useless, Bonnie can take it's power away," Elena stated.
"I don't trust her," Damon stated, rightfully, but he's not exactly trustworthy.
"I can remove the original spell," Bonnie stated.
"John and Isobel will never know," Elena pointed out.
"No, no I'll get Jeremy my own way," Damon stated.
"Look," Sakura stood between them, "I agree, it's not the best way to go about it. But as long as Bonnie can deactivate it, it'll be fine. No need to risk Jeremy being killed," Sakura stated. "Look give it up, or I'll take it," Sakura threatened.
Damon sighed and turned to Bonnie, "Are you even up for this? I mean no offence, you're no Emily Bennett, Emily knew what she was doing."
"I've been practicing," Bonnie stated.
"It's not piano lessons honey," Damon made a point.
"Just trust her, it's our best shot at getting him back," Sakura sighed.
"I can't trust her, I tried to kill her," Damon stated, walking up close to Sakura.
"He's right, he can't trust me," Bonnie stated.
Sakura looked up at him, "Then trust me. I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong. Hell, I'll even hunt down, John, Isobel and Katherine."
"Sakura!" Elena whined.
Sakura turned her head to look at Elena, "What he has a ring to bring him back, and the others deserve it."
Damon pulled up Sakura's hand and put the device in it. Sakura handed it to Elena. "Thank you," Elena smiled weakly.
"Anything goes wrong, it's on your head missy," Damon looked down at Sakura before walking away.
"This better work Bonnie, Katherine is hard to find," Sakura joked.
Bonnie lit some candles, and placed the device down with Emily's Grimoire open as the others watched impatiently. A piece of the device floated and the lights flickered. The fire in the fireplace burst. "Done," Bonnie said when the device stopped floating.
"Great, now what?" Damon asked.
"Now we give it to Isobel," Elena said and Sakura seemed to be biting her lip.
Damon, standing beside Sakura whispered down to her, "I thought you were all gung-ho about this plan."
"Elena and Stefan convinced me, but I'm not sure. Something just doesn't feel right," Sakura stated.
"Great way to instill courage," Damon said sarcastically.
Sakura gulped, feeling nervous. Did Bonnie actually do anything, or was the light, fire and floating all just for show? There was no way to know, until it would be too late.
Outside of city hall, at night. Elena met up with Isobel, to get her brother back, with the trade. Lying in wait, were Damon, Stefan and Sakura. When a couple of people showed up behind Elena, proving that Isobel wasn't alone, Sakura, Damon and Stefan walked up behind Isobel.
"For gods sake, call home," Isobel turned back to Elena.
"What?" Elena asked.
"Call home, and ask to speak to your brother Jeremy," Isobel said and Elena rushed to dial.
"Jeremy! Are you okay? I'll be home soon, alright," Elena made her call quick. "You were never going to hurt him?" Elena asked.
"No, I was going to kill him," Isobel said making Sakura's eye twitch. "Don't look for any redeeming qualities in me, I don't have any," Isobel smiled.
"But you took a risk with Damon," Elena stated. "How did you know he was going to give it to me?" she asked
"Cause he's in love with you," Isobel stated.
Sakura glanced at Damon and turned back to watch carefully. Damon looked around, not sure what was going on. Isobel put her hand out and Elena gave it to her, "Thank you."
"For what?" Isobel asked.
"For being such a monumental disappointment. Keeps the memory of my real mother, perfectly intact," Elena glared at her.
"Goodbye Elena. As long as you have a Salvatore under each arm, you're doomed. Katherine was smart, she got out. But we all know that you're not Katherine," Isobel stated.
"No I'm not. It wasn't even me that convinced him to give up the device," Elena stated, confusing her. Isobel looked at her suspiciously before walking away with her goonies. Stefan walked up to Elena afterwards and embraced her. Stefan and Elena glanced at Damon briefly.
"Come on, let's go," Sakura nudged him before walking away.
"I'm not in love with Elena," Damon stated, as he walked beside her.
"Sure," Sakura stated simply.
"Sure?" Damon looked at her confused.
Sakura stopped walking and turned to him, "Look, I kind of get it. You loved Katherine and quite frankly, Elena's a better version of her. You can't help who you fall for," Sakura stated and turned to walk again when Damon stopped her.
"I don't like Katherine anymore, she messed with me and tossed me aside. It's you I care about," Damon cupped her head in his hands, forcing her to look at him. "I like you, the strong, confident person that never backs down, and challenges me. The strongest woman I know. You take on so much and expect nothing. Elena's just your friend and my brother's girlfriend, that's it. She's no you," Damon stated.
Sakura hesitated slightly, but wrapped her arms around him neck and kissed him. He pulled her in closer, with his hands around her waist. They pulled apart slightly, but Damon didn't want to let go. She rested her head on his chest and wrapped her arms around him, in a tight embrace. They stood there, wishing time would just freeze.
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