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Chapter 32: Kill or be Killed!
Sakura had been looking through her family's grimoire, trying to find anything that might help. There were binding spells, sealing spells and all sorts of others that might help. That was the keyword though, might. It's hard to figure out what spell to use, when you don't really know what you want to do. Binding her powers might get rid of it, but then, with the supernatural things she has had to deal with, what if her powers were needed? What if she got rid of them and that was the very thing that got her and her friends killed? If her dark past came into the picture, her powers WOULD be needed. She could bind her powers to another person, but who could handle it? She had passed out after reading through the grimoire again, at her desk, early morning hours.
There was a small thud sound and Sakura started to wake up. She found herself in her bed, not sure when she got there. She rolled onto her side and saw Damon picking something off the floor, as he sat at her desk. "What are you doing here?" Sakura asked groggily.
"Wondering what's up with you actually. You were asleep at your desk when I came in. What were you looking for?" he asked, poking at the grimoire and papers on her desk. Sakura groaned and laid on her back. "You have been secretive and avoiding me," Damon complained, "Not to mention meeting up with Stefan amidst it."
"What does that matter?" Sakura sighed and closed her eyes. She heard him come towards the bed, and felt it press down when he sat down with his back to her. "I'm not Elena or Katherine, if that's what you're worried about," Sakura said, keeping her eyes closed.
Damon did a half-snort half-laugh and shook his head. "Never crossed my mind," he smirked as he fiddled with his thumbs. "By the way, I think you're are strong enough to fight off the Fenrir," he stated. Sakura's eyes shot opened and she stared at him stunned. He glanced back at her, "What? I don't just have an amazing body, I'm also brilliant."
Sakura tried to hold back a laugh and a smile, "So Darien has explained things a bit. Anything I might need to know?"
Damon laid down beside her with his arms behind his head. "From the way you've been acting, not really... But you're brother is sorry, if he was still around it might have been him," he explained.
"Not his fault, not any better happening to him instead anyways," Sakura sighed.
She felt his hand touch hers and they locked fingers, her hand was small and delicate in his. "Everything will be alright," he assured her, tightening his grip, "We'll figure things out."
It was the Mystic Falls Historical Society Volunteer Day at Mystic Falls Public Park and Carol Lockwood was giving a speech. "This is all part of the historical society's continuing efforts to give back to the community. Thanks to the generous donation of the Fell family. We are now standing on the sight of our newest public park. Thank you to everyone who has shown up today to land a helping hand. Thanks," she finished.
Sakura, Leilani and Damon had shown up together and they saw Stefan talking with Mason. Stefan shook hands with Mason and Mason left. "What are you doing?" Damon asked when Stefan came over.
"Negotiating peace on your behalf," he replied.
"I don't want peace," Damon complained, a frown growing on his face.
"Consider it opposite day," Stefan smirked.
"Stefan, please tell me you don't seriously think a hand shake will solve our problem," Damon glared at him.
"No actually. I think that the first chance Mason Lockwood gets, he's gonna drive a stake through your heart and then through mine, because you took it upon yourself to try to kill him. So thank you, because we don't have enough problems," Stefan sighed and left with his hands in his pockets.
"Would have been better off if I went after him," Sakura remarked, "I would have got the job done."
"Hey! The silver didn't work, it's not my fault it was just a rumour," Damon frowned at her with his arms crossed.
"Well I would have resorted to... other methods," Sakura smiled evilly as she rubbed her ring.
"Sakura!" Leilani whined, "Seriously? Best to avoid killing, don't you think?"
"At least we wouldn't have a werewolf after our vampire friends then," Sakura pointed out, "It's not like we could have convinced him not to try."
"Sadly, you do have a point," Leilani shook her head. "I'm going to go find Elena and Care, you two keep out of trouble," Leilani waved her finger at them.
"Us, get in trouble?" Damon acted insulted. Leilani laughed lightly and waved goodbye.
"That can't be good," Sakura stated. Damon followed her gaze to see Mason talking with Liz.
"Yeah, not looking good for me..." Damon trailed off, gritting his teeth.
"Well Liz sees you as a friend, so that might help the situation," Sakura tried to think of anything that might help. "I really don't like the way things are headed," Sakura shook her head.
"Mason's gone, my chance to see what's going on," Damon turned to leave and Sakura grabbed his hand.
"Be careful," she warned him before letting him go.
Sakura found the others painting a wall. "Stefan," she caught his attention as she approached him. "I think Mason has gotten to Liz," she explained, "Something fishy is going on."
"Sakura! Why aren't you helping?" Sakura cringed at the screechy tone of Caroline.
"Sorry Stef gotta run, looks like Elena's coming to talk with you anyways," Sakura rushed away from them, giving Elena a wave before running off. Sakura looked to where Liz was and saw that Damon had left. She glanced around and saw him beside Caroline and obviously listening to Elena and Stefan argue. He said something to Caroline before heading back over with Sakura.
"Relationships are about communication," Damon said as he approached her.
"Right... Never mind the Stelena drama right now," Sakura shook her head.
"Stelena? Nice," he laughed. "Let's see check up on the wolf," he suggested out of nowhere.
"Okay," Sakura shook her head, feeling oddly lightheaded and followed him.
"Hello, Mason. Working hard?" they approached him as he was drinking some lemonade.
"Doing my part," he stated simply as he looked back and forth from Sakura to Damon.
"I heard you talked to Stefan," Damon stated.
"Nice guy," Mason said plainly.
"Yeah, a lot nicer than me," Damon smirked. Sakura looked at them and just rolled her eyes.
"Niceness is overrated," Mason explained.
"That's what I think!" Damon seemed enthusiastic.
"You have a good day, Damon, Sakura," he gave Damon a nod, briefly set his hand on Sakura's shoulder and left. Sakura saw a flash of Elena go through her mind, but that didn't make sense. That must mean Katherine, but why her? Sakura tried to set that image in her mind aside for now.
"Please tell me that you were just bonding," Stefan said as he walked up to them.
"Sure sounded like a flourishing bromance if I ever heard one," Sakura smirked.
"Ha ha," Damon fake laughed and bumped into her playfully. "So," he turned back to Stefan, "What's up this faux drama in your relationship?"
"What are you talking about?" Stefan played innocent.
"You shouldn't eavesdrop," Sakura shook her head.
"Oh come on, Stefan. You and Elena don't fight, especially not over me," Damon stated and Sakura looked at him quizzically.
"Drop it Damon," Stefan frowned.
"You guys are too much sometimes," Sakura rubbed her temples as she felt a headache coming on. Damon noticed and rubbed her shoulders.
"Would you like some lemonade?" a small sweet looking girl asked Damon.
"Thank you sweetie," Damon took a cup.
Sakura sensed something wrong, "Damon wait!" It was too late, he took a sip and immediately spit it out.
"What's wrong with you?" Stefan asked, genuinely concerned.
"Vervain?" Sakura asked and he nodded. "Crap," Sakura glanced around and saw Liz leaving. Sakura rushed to get him some water.
"Thanks," his voice was hoarse, he took it and gulped it down. "I'm gonna kill him," Damon growled.
"Listen to me!" Stefan tried to calm him down.
"I'm not listening anymore of your 'give peace a chance' crap. He's dead!" Damon's voice was raising.
"Okay. I don't like it but he's making threats. He could expose us. We need to put him down," Stefan agreed surprising Sakura. He looked to her to see if she agreed.
"Don't think it's good for Tyler, but he's trouble," Sakura frowned.
"Alright. Let's do it," Damon growled. Damon saw Mason going into the woods, "Woods. Trash duty. Come on."
"Something's not right," Sakura frowned.
"Let's go," Damon took hold of her wrist and dragged her along. When they got close to Mason, Damon stopped and turned to Sakura, "You stay here, you're backup."
"Seriously?" Sakura was flabbergasted.
"Seriously, stay here," he said, not wanting to drag her in.
They turned to continue and could hear her whisper, "You know I'm better for the job..."
"You really think it was a good idea to leave her behind?" Stefan asked, honestly feeling safer with her there.
"I know she could probably take down all of us if she tried, but I think it's best not to involve her," Damon didn't really explain much. Damon and Stefan came into Mason's view, "Don't look so surprised. You knew this was inevitable. Go ahead, run. I give you a head start."
Mason bent down and shots were fired out of nowhere, hitting Stefan and Damon. They dropped to the ground. Damon heard Sakura start to move out of the shadows, "Don't..." he warned her.
Liz and a bunch of her deputies appeared. "Thank you, Mason," Liz seemed quite upset. She went up to Stefan and Damon and injected them with vervain. The deputies picked up Stefan and Damon and started to move, following Mason and Liz. Sakura stayed hidden in the shadows and followed them.
Sakura bit her lip, it looked like they were being taken to the Lockwood's old estate ruins, this couldn't be good.
"It's down the stairs to the left," Mason informed them as they approached the ruins.
"Careful. The wooden bullets and vervain won't keep them down for long. What is this place?" Liz asked, getting an uneasy feeling from the area.
"Old slave quarters from the original Lockwood house," Mason explained as they entered the ruins.
"Thank you, Mason. I appreciate all you've done. We've got it from here," Liz wanted Mason to leave.
"You're gonna kill them right?" he looked at her with uncertainty. Sakura practically growled, ready to kill him.
"Yes. That's why you should go. Here it's the council, not the law. You can't be a party to this. It's for your own protection," Liz explained.
"Liz, I don't care about…" Mason was cut off by Liz.
"I do and I'm not asking. Goodbye Mason," she commanded.
"Don't take any chances," he warned her before leaving. He walked by where Sakura was, he paused and looked over. Figuring it was nothing he shook his head and walked away.
Sakura went down into the ruins, as carefully as she could. She heard a shot go off and Damon scream. Sakura wanted to maul her, but decided to wait more. " This is how it's gonna work. Answer me and you don't get shot, understand? How many of you are they?" Liz asked threateningly.
"Please, please," Damon tried to plead with her and screamed when she shot him again.
"How did you fool us? How do you walk in the sun?" Liz was interrogating them. Damon didn't answer and she shot Stefan, "I will drag this out painfully."
"But you're my friend," Damon was having trouble speaking.
"Our friendship was a lie. Answer me and I'll kill you fast," Liz was serious, regardless of how close she was with Damon, she was willing to kill him for being a vampire. Not getting any answers, Liz was done with them, "Let's do this. Each with a stake in the heart, then burn them both."
Hearing that, Sakura knew it was time to strike. She was outnumbered, but they were only human. Sakura pushed over a piece of old wood that was sitting by the wall, making a loud thud noise. One of the deputies came out to check. Sakura came out from hiding in the shadows behind him. Not wanting to take extra chances, she grabbed him by the head, one hand grabbing his chin, the other at the back of his head. In one swift motion, she snapped his neck. He dropped to the ground lifeless.
Sakura walked into the cell, approaching Liz and the other deputy. "Sakura! What are you doing?" Liz was surprised.
"You can't kill them. I'm not gonna let you," Sakura put her left hand out, eyes glowing, and the deputy started screaming in pain as Sakura made a fist and twisted her hand. The deputy dropped to the ground, blood pouring out of his mouth.
Liz's eye's went wide with fear. "What are you?" she managed to ask. They heard the door close behind Sakura, "Who else is with you?"
"I came alone actually," Sakura replied.
Caroline came up behind Sakura, but her fangs were bared and eye's veiny, as she was ready to strike. "Hi mom," Caroline reverted seeing the deputy down. It was too late though, Liz saw her.
Elena and Leilani came up behind Caroline and their eye's were fixed on the dead deputy with blood coming out of his mouth. They looked up at Sakura, speechless. Sakura glanced at them, but seemed unfazed.
Damon and Stefan both woke up and Damon was feeding off of the dead deputy near him. "You need to drink some deputy blood," Damon said to Stefan as he cleaned blood off his face.
"No. I'm gonna be fine. It's just going to take a little bit longer," Stefan resisted.
"Damon's right you know. If it's ever time to break your diet…" Caroline trailed off when Elena cut in.
"He said he didn't want it, okay?" Elena frowned at her.
"This is the most unfortunate situation. Two deputies dead and you," Damon looked at Liz, who was just sitting on a rock, "What am I going do with you?"
"You won't tell anyone, will you? Mom? Mom? Please. Look, I know that we don't get along and that you hate me but I'm your daughter and you'll do this for me, right? Mom, please. He will kill you," Caroline pleaded.
"Then kill me," Liz spat, not wanting to even look at Caroline.
"No!" Caroline cried out.
"I can't take this. Kill me now," Liz said with anger and sadness evident in her voice.
"But you're going to dry out so painfully," Damon took hold of Liz.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no!" Caroline freaked out.
"Damon, don't!" Stefan said urgently.
"Damon, please!" Elena called out to him.
Sakura stood with her arms crossed, leaning against the back wall. She looked at him and practically whispered, "He's not going to."
"Relax guys. No one is killing anybody," Damon smirked at Sakura. Damon looked at Liz, "You're my friend." He looked at the deputies, "We have to clean this up."
Sakura sat down on the couch across from Elena and Leilani. "What really happened down there?" Leilani asked her.
"They were going to kill Damon and Stefan, so I killed them," Sakura looked away from them.
Caroline came in the front door carrying luggage, "Hey, sorry that took forever. I just didn't know how long my mom was going be here."
"Damon says it'll take 3 days tops, for the vervain to leave her system. Maybe even sooner," Elena tried to sound optimistic.
Stefan came into the room, joining them. "Hey! You have some bunny in you?" Caroline asked jokingly.
"Yeah, I'm feeling much better, thank you," Stefan smiled.
"Let's go," Sakura nudged her head towards the cell.
They headed downstairs and stopped outside the cell, hearing Damon and Liz talk. "Can you keep Caroline far away from me please? I don't want to see her," Liz was definitely overreacting.
"She's your daughter, Liz," Damon tried to reason with her.
"Not anymore. My daughter's gone," Liz sounded bitter.
"You have no idea how wrong you are about that," Damon looked at Caroline sadly, who was now standing in the doorway. Caroline ran away, with Elena and Leilani following and Stefan disappeared.
Sakura stood in the doorway with her arms crossed looking at them. Damon sighed and left the cell, closing it behind him. "Are you bleeding?" Damon asked looking at her curiously. Sakura raised an eyebrow then looked at her shoulder. She lifted her sleeve and there were two new symbols around the wolf tattoo and there was blood dripping from it. "When did that get there?" Damon wiped some of the blood off to look at the symbols.
"Not sure..." Sakura trailed off as she thought back. She started shaking her head.
"What?" Damon licked the blood off his finger.
"Must have been when I..." she trailed off again.
"Please try to finish your sentences," Damon sighed.
"When I killed the deputies," Sakura frowned, "Snapped ones neck, twisted the other's heart."
"Wow," Damon obviously didn't know all that happened.
"Wow, that's all?" Sakura sighed.
"Didn't think you had it in you," Damon stated. Sakura leant against the wall and slide down to the floor. Damon sat down beside her, "I'm not saying it's a bad thing. You saved us."
"At what cost though..." she trailed off, staring into the air in front of her, nibbling on her lip slightly.
"Well regardless, thank you," he smiled at her.
"I just kinda snapped," Sakura admitted, "She commanded them to kill you guys, and then it was like it didn't matter."
"What didn't matter?" he asked, uncertain.
"Killing them, that I needed to. Obviously, I'd kill for my friends, in a very literal way," Sakura frowned.
Damon put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her into her, "Don't worry about it, I kill people all the time."
"You're a vampire, at least you have a bit of an excuse," Sakura leant her head on his shoulders, "I think I'm getting worse. I'm not really feeling bad about doing it to save you guys, I'm upset that I'm not feeling remorseful for it."
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