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Chapter 41: Break In

"Feeling any better today?" Damon kissed her on the forehead as he laid beside her.

"Yes actually," she smirked. She grabbed onto his shirt, pulled him closer and kissed him passionately.

"Mm, someone is feisty this morning," Damon smirked.

"Oh I'm more then that," Sakura pushed him down on the bed and got on top of him. She started kissing him, starting on his cheek and going down his neck, "Maybe I'm just tired of holding back."

"You have no idea how much I would love to continue this, especially the direction it seems to be going, but we have company," Damon sighed. Sakura sat up and looked at him curiously, "Alaric is here." Sakura sighed and got off him. Damon pouted and sat up. "Let's go," Damon pulled her with him off her bed, "I've got something we need, and he needs to know."

They walked downstairs and Damon put his arms over her shoulders and walked in tandem with her. They opened the door to see Alaric, "Guys, way to keep me waiting," Alaric walked up to them. Damon kissed Sakura on the neck making Alaric uncomfortable, "Were you guys... You know what, I don't want to know."

Damon smirked at him, "Come on," he led them into the living room. "So John Gilbert gave me this to kill Elijah," Damon showed them a dagger and vial. "Said you have to dip the dagger in the remains of an old white ash tree that dates back to the originals, if there's any truth in that," Damon was sceptical.

"So you think it's a setup?" Alaric asked.

"It could be. Guy's a weasel. Wouldn't put anything past him," Damon handed him the dagger. "What are you up to today, Mr. Saltzman?" Damon sounded like he had a plan.

"Well, Jenna and I were supposed to go to her family's lake house. Somehow, we both got roped into doing this historical society thing at the Lockwood's," Alaric frowned.

"Where Elijah's the guest of honor," Damon stated.

"Tell me you're not gonna kill him at the tea party," Alaric glared at him.

"No. That would be stupid. I want to know his endgame before I kill him, but I do think it's time Elijah and I officially met," Damon smirked.

Sakura stared at the dagger in Alaric's hand, she reached out to touch it and it shocked her. She quickly withdrew her hand, "Pretty sure there's something wrong with it, you guys can touch it, but I can't. Weird..."

"Very," Damon eyed her.

"Why are you giving me that look, shouldn't you be eyeing the dagger?" Sakura complained.

"It's just weird, that's all," Damon stated, "Good thing you don't have to wield it."

"Unfortunately, I'm also the one that would be good with it, considering my training," Sakura pointed out.

"You might be a little flashy though," Damon smirked down at her.

"Flashy? You have no idea how stealthy I can be," Sakura crossed her arms and stared back at him.

"Ahem," Alaric interrupted.

"So, let's go!" Damon seemed chipper.

"And I have to come, why?" Sakura asked.

"Who else would I bring?" Damon teased her.

"Yeah, yeah, just got to send Leilani a message first. She's with Care and Bonnie today," Sakura pulled out her phone briefly, "At least this way, she won't complain."

"It's cute how she tries to look after you," Damon smiled.

They headed to the Lockwood mansion for the historical society tea party. "Damon, what are you doing here?" they ran into Jenna right away, "And with Sakura."

Sakura rolled her eyes at Jenna's disapproving tone. "Things to do, come on Damon," Sakura dragged him away, towards Carol and Elijah.

"Damon!" Carol exclaimed.

"Carol," Damon said and they kissed each other on the cheek.

"What a surprise. Elijah, I want you to meet Damon Salvatore.. And Sakura Mazaki. Their families are part of mystic falls' founding families," Carol gave Sakura a questioning look.

Sakura looked away briefly, "Still think it was a good idea to bring me?" she whispered.

"Such a pleasure to meet you," Damon smiled and reached a hand out.

"No. Pleasure's mine," Elijah shook his hand. Elijah let go and took Sakura's hand, he bent down slightly and kissed it, "Pleasure to meet you as well."

Sakura eyed him carefully, "Yeah..."

"Let's talk more privately," Damon suggested and Sakura led him and Elijah into Richard's office, closing the door behind them.

"What can I do for you, Damon?" Elijah inquired.

"I was hoping we could have a word," Damon crossed his arms.

Elijah glanced at Sakura with a raised eyebrow. "I'm here to keep an eye on things," Sakura informed him.

"Where's Elena?" Elijah asked.

"Safe with Stefan. They're laying low, you know, bit of a werewolf problem," Damon explained vaguely.

"Oh, yeah. I heard about that," Elijah's eyes trailed back to Sakura again.

Damon snapped his fingers to draw Elijah's attention back to him, "I'm sure you did since it was your witch that saved the day."

"You are welcome. But from what I hear, Sakura had a handle on it. Took out quite a few, didn't you?" Elijah asked her.

"I do what is needed," Sakura said firmly.

"Exactly why you're here?" Damon asked him, stepping in front of Sakura, to block her off from Elijah.

"Why don't you just stay focused on keeping Elena, Leilani and your girlfriend safe, and leave the rest to me," Elijah seemed uninterested.

"Not good enough," Damon said and Sakura blocked Elijah at the door.

Elijah pushed Damon against the wall in an attempt to strangle him. Sakura used her magic to take hold of Elijah and fling him against the wall, freeing Damon.

"You young vampires, so arrogant. How dare you come in here and challenge me?" Elijah growled as he got up.

"You can't kill me, man. It's not part of the deal," Damon spat.

"Silence," Elijah commanded as he fixed his clothes. Elijah picked up a pencil and threw it at Damon. Sakura stopped the pencil in mid air. "I'm an original. Show a little respect. The moment you cease to be of use to me, you're dead, so you should do what I say. Keep them safe," Elijah stared at the pencil.

"How about you don't threaten him," the pencil got closer.

"You can't kill me with that you know," Elijah stated.

"I know, but I bet it would hurt," Sakura said in a low voice.

"Fenrir, evigilo," Elijah said to her.

"Ah!" Sakura screamed and put her hands to her head. "I won't let you take over," Sakura growled as she dropped to one knee. Damon rushed to her side, still feeling as if Elijah's hand was on his throat.

"Strong enough to hold it back I see," Elijah walked out of the room with a smirk plastered on his face.

Damon hung one of Sakura's arms over his shoulder and helped her get up, "What's happening?"

"He's trying to release the Fenrir," Sakura stated, "It's trying to take me over."

"Let's get Alaric and head home," Damon suggested.

"Yeah," Damon could hear Sakura's heartbeat going a mile a minute, and it worried him.

They headed back to the boarding house. Damon set Sakura down on the couch in the library and paced back and forth, "Today was a bust."

"Yeah. How's the throat?" Alaric asked Damon.

"Fine, for the most part. Now as for you," Damon knelt down in front of Sakura, "What happened? What did... What Elijah said mean? Not sure I want to repeat the words."

"He said Fenrir awaken," Sakura frowned and looked away, "He knows something, possibly more then we do."

"That might be a problem, but why would he want it out and about?" Damon sighed.

"No idea," Sakura leant back on the couch, "Whatever it is, I doubt it's good."

"Yeah. That Elijah's one scary dude but with nice hair. Hey. You want another one?" Alaric asked referring to Damon's mostly diminished drink.

"He's gonna be hard to kill," Damon gave him his glass.

"Yeah. I'd think twice before I'd trust that dagger and some ashes to do the job. You're going to need more info," Alaric stated.

"I'm out of sources," Damon flopped on the couch beside Sakura.

Alaric handed Damon his refilled glass and sat down on a chair. "I hate lying to Jenna," Alaric complained. Alaric looked at his phone and his eyes went wide, "Oh, god. I got to go. I got to pick Jenna up. Don't worry. I'll, uh, show myself out."

"Good luck," Damon said to Alaric as he left.

A moment after Alaric left they heard a loud noise. They got off the couch and rushed over to see Alaric with a stake in his stomach, with blood flowing out. "Alaric!" Sakura knelt down beside him.

Someone jumped on Damon's back and shoved a syringe of vervain in him. "Damon!" Sakura blasted the person on his back then recognized him, "A werewolf?" Suddenly there was a pain in the back of her head and everything went black.

Sakura started to wake and could feel chains all around her, and light beaming on her. Her arms were crossed over each other and her wrists had chains cuffed to them and wrapped around the chair she was on. There was even a metal collar on her neck. He heard a groan of pain from next to her, and could tell right away that it was Damon. Sakura opened her eyes to see Alaric dead on the floor, but thankfully he still had his ring on.

"So I hear you have the moonstone," Jules was talking to Damon. It didn't seem as if they noticed she woke up yet. Sakura tried to look around without moving her head. All around her there were lamps pointed at her. Apparently they thought she had a weakness to light, since she uses shadow magic. She glanced at Damon to see pointed wood sticking out of the collar on him.

"Oh, if you only knew the irony of this moment right now. Let me tell you how this is going to go. You're gonna torture me, I don't talk, someone loses a heart. Last time, it was your boy Mason," Damon smirked.

"This time, it will be you," Jules spat and the one holding onto a chain that was connected to Damon's collar pulled on it.

Funny thing about light, is that it creates shadows. Sakura concentrated on the shadows around her, but it couldn't seem to break the chains on its own. Knowing that it would still work as a shield, she moved the shadows to cover Damon to try and keep him safe.

"You know what the great thing about buckshot is? It scatters through the body, maximum damage. Where's the moonstone?" Jules asked, obviously not noticing the thin shadow armour around Damon.

"Get over it, honey. You're never gonna get it," Damon smirked, he could feel Sakura's power covering him and he couldn't help but smile.

"You looking for this?" Elijah showed up and set the moonstone on the bar, "Go ahead. Take it." One werewolf went towards it and Elijah ripped his heart out. Two others went at him, only to meet the same end. The one that had a hold of Damon's collar, tried to hide, "What about you, sweetheart, hmm? You want to take a shot? Yes, no, yes? Where's the girl?"

"I don't know," Damon answered.

"It doesn't really matter," Elijah punched the person who was torturing Damon in the face, killing him instantly. He walked up to Sakura and ripped then chains off, then moved to Damon and did the same. "So you realize this is the third time I've saved your life now?" Elijah picked the moonstone back up and left.

"You okay?" Damon asked her.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Sakura said as she turned off all the lights.

"Thanks by the way," Damon smiled at her.

"For what?" Sakura smirked.

"Shielding me, like you seem to nowadays," Damon pulled her to him. He was about to kiss her when his phone rang. "Hello, Bonnie," he answered.

Sakura went up to Alaric, wrapped her arms around him and dragged him onto the couch.

"So he planned to kill her all along," Damon said to Bonnie. "Got it loud and clear," Damon hung up. Alaric started to wake up, "Finally. You missed all the fun."

Alaric's phone rang and it was Jenna. "Yeah, sorry. I… I… I've just been grading papers. Honestly, uh... I fell asleep. I'm sorry. Jenna, I'm a jerk," he had missed meeting up with Jenna. "Sorry. Tomorrow I'm all yours, OK?" Alaric wanted to make it up to her. "All right. Good night, Jenna," he hung up.

"I'm gonna call Stefan," Damon paced the floor, "It was straight from the witch's mouth. He was gonna go through with the whole sacrifice. You should probably just keep her away a little longer. Yeah. It's been a day for that," he hung up.

"You going to be okay Alaric?" Sakura sat beside him.

"Yeah, but my neck is stiff as hell," he complained.

"Alright," Sakura got off the couch, "My head still hurts, so I'm going to sleep." She pat Alaric on the shoulder, "Feel better."

"You too," Alaric half smiled.

Sakura looked at Damon's neck, that was healing, "You'll be fine soon, that vervain still in effect?"

"I'm fine, go get some sleep," he whispered before kissing her.

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