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Chapter 44: Who's the Dangerous One?
"Isobel just showed up at their front doorstep," Stefan explained to Sakura, Damon and Leilani as they walked down the stairs.
"What's she doing here?" asked referring to Isobel. Damon grumbled seeing Katherine pop up out of nowhere.
"I don't know. That's what I'm going to go find out," Stefan frowned.
"I don't think that you should tell her that I'm here," Katherine pointed out.
"What? Why?" Stefan eyed Katherine.
"It's better if she and John not know that I stayed in town after I got out of the tomb," Katherine tried to explained.
"You're the one in cahoots with them. You made a deal with John that almost got me killed," Damon glared at her.
"I did what I had to, to get out of the tomb. Now I'm reconsidering my alliance," Katherine smirked.
"You can't 'change alliances' so easily," Sakura rolled her eyes.
Katherine turned to leave when Stefan stopped her, "What do you know?"
"I know that I want Klaus dead, which puts me squarely on team you. Besides, if you two ever need me to swap places with Elena again, the less people know that I'm here, the better. Think about it, Stefan. Come on. Be smart," Katherine prodded him.
"Tell you what. You two, uh... Call Alaric and let him know that his wife's just showed up on his girlfriend's doorstep," Stefan looked at them before leaving.
"I'll do it," Leilani offered.
"Thanks," Damon gave her a nod, and she walked into the kitchen while waiting for him to pick up.
Sakura got a text, she turned away and check it. It was from Stefan, 'Matt knows, Care is going to try and erase it. Don't tell Damon.'
"What's up?" Damon walked up to her.
"Nothing important," Sakura put her phone away.
"Okay..." Damon trailed off, not sure if she was lying or not. "Anyways. Bonnie and Jeremy are here. We're headed to Jonas's apartment, come on," Damon nodded his head towards the door.
"Yep. Everybody's dead," Damon said as they walked in, Luka's corpse was sitting in the living room.
"We should pack up the grimoires. They spent years collecting them. I wanna make sure they're safe," Bonnie explained.
Damon looked down at Luka's corpse, "You know, we could just get another match and cremate them."
"Don't be disrespectful. Not to him," Bonnie frowned.
"He wasn't as good as you think he was," Sakura spat. Bonnie glared at her with a tight jaw, and just looked away.
"Fine. I'll bury him," Damon grumbled.
"What exactly are we looking for?" Jeremy asked as he poked around.
"According to Luka's dad, one of these contains a spell that'll let me harness the energy that's left behind when a witch dies violently," Bonnie explained.
"I didn't know you and the father witch were so close," Damon looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"We weren't, but when he gave me my powers back, he gave me a message. If I can find the spot in town, where the old Salem witches were burned, I can harness their energy to use when I need it," Bonnie kept looking.
"Great. We'll have to put that on our list of things to do today. Harness ancient dead-witch power," Damon rolled his eyes.
"You know where the witches were burned? Did I forget to mention that?" Bonnie scoffed.
Jeremy picked up a grimoire and started to glance threw it. He noticed Sakura sigh and put her hand up. She appeared to be calming herself at first. A dark aura appeared around her, she opened her eyes and a grimoire flew into her hands. "Holy crap..." Jeremy trailed off, "Guess we don't have to read through every one of these books till we find the right spell?"
Sakura opened her eyes and the book flew open to the proper spot, "It's this one."
"Great. Grab the rest. Let's go," Damon commanded.
"You should have brought me, I could of helped look for the grimoire," Leilani complained as she sat at the kitchen table in the Salvatore house, eating cookies with Sakura.
"I could of gone alone and had the same result," Sakura explained.
"Maybe I just want to tag along once in a while. I have powers too you know, I just don't know much about using it..." Leilani sighed. "What about letting me met Isobel?" Leilani turned to Elena.
"Not sure you'd really want to," Elena sighed. "Do you really think that Isobel's telling the truth that word's gotten out about the doppelganger?" Elena was worried.
"Look, I don't trust a word that she says, but I think we'd be stupid to ignore the warning," Stefan said as he walked in.
"You know, you should just stay here. It's better for us to keep an eye on you," Damon said as he stole a cookie from Sakura while he walked by. Sakura looked up at him with a pout. He smiled back as he took a bite of the cookie.
"Can I stay here?" Leilani asked, "It's been creepy and scary without Sakura home..."
"Has something happened?" Sakura inquired, taking the last cookie from the tray.
"Not much really... Just spooky sounds, and finding the door open..." Leilani bit her lip.
"Wait, what? When did that happen?" Sakura frowned and Damon quickly took the last cookie from her. "Really?" Sakura frowned at him, "Give it."
He went to eat it and Sakura stopped him from moving. "Split it?" Damon smiled innocently. She released him and he left her a tiny piece on the table before gobbling up the majority of it.
"Anyways," Sakura ate her small piece, "Seriously, when?"
"It's only been two times, really. No big deal... I guess..." Leilani cringed as everyone turned their attention to her.
"You can stay here anytime," Damon assured her.
"What, in the house that any vampire can enter? No. Elena's house is safer," Stefan stated.
"Well, then we'll stay there," Damon suggested.
"So is that the plan? None of you will let me out of your sight again?" Elena complained.
"Let me know when you come up with a better one," Damon frowned.
"Fine, then one of you bodyguards is going to have to come with me to the Lockwood luncheon," Elena looked at them.
"That'd be me," Stefan said instantly.
"Not use. We have witch stuff to attend to with Bonnie," Damon said as he stood behind Sakura.
"Leilani, you go with Elena as well," Sakura suggested.
"Yeah, sure," Leilani smiled.
"So, does that mean that you're taking her to the…" Elena was interrupted by Damon, shushing her.
"Don't get quiet on my account. If you have a plan to combat the impending vampire doom, please do tell," Katherine popped in. They all just looked at each other and didn't respond. "Seriously, what is the plan to get us out of this mess, hmm? I delivered you a moonstone, a werewolf, and the dagger to lure and kill Klaus, a werewolf, and right now all you have is a moonstone. Or so you tell me."
"No, we have it. It's in a very safe place," Damon assured her.
"I've been honest with you. Time to return the favor," Katherine crossed her arms.
"Let me be honest with you. Don't mistake the fact that we haven't set you on fire in your sleep for trust," Damon smirked at her.
Sakura smiled at her when Katherine turned to her. Katherine glared at her, "Fine. Be that way," and walked away.
"Focus on finding Matt," Sakura told Leilani. Leilani nodded and saluted to her. "Please don't do that," Sakura's eye twitched. Leilani just smiled as she headed off with Elena and Stefan.
Sakura, Damon, Bonnie and Jeremy arrived at the abandoned house. "Is this the spot Emily Bennett was killed, too?" Jeremy inquired.
"Founders thought it was poetic burning her where the other witches burned," Damon explained.
"How do you know where the witches were burned?" Bonnie asked.
"Cause I tried to save her. Emily was just my key to getting Katherine back before I knew what a nasty little bitch Katherine was," Damon spat, making Jeremy laugh. They started to explore the house when suddenly Damon couldn't move, "Whatever witchy prank you're playing, don't. It's not funny."
"I'm not doing anything," Bonnie stated.
"And it's definitely not me," Sakura frowned.
"I can't move," Damon growled. Suddenly his skin started to burn, "Oh, my ring's not working. Do something!"
Sakura put her hand up and concentrated on him, he was able to move and his ring started working again, "I can put a barrier up on you."
"I don't think the witches like him being here," Bonnie stated.
"I guess this is the right place," Jeremy smirked.
"I'm gonna go wait outside," Damon turned to leave.
"You sure? I can keep you safe," Sakura assured him.
"Yeah, I'm sure. Thanks anyways though," Damon kissed her. "Don't take took long," Damon said before leaving.
"Can you hand me the grimoire?" Bonnie asked Jeremy, who was holding onto it.
"Look, are you sure about this?" Jeremy was uncertain.
"Don't worry Jer, that's why I'm here," Sakura assured him.
Bonnie opened the grimoire and there was a letter inside. She started to read it and voices started whispering around them. "What is that?" Jeremy asked.
"Spirits of the witches who died here, I can feel them," Bonnie replied.
"All right. What are they saying?" Jeremy asked. They turned to see Sakura covering her ears. "Sakura, what's wrong?!" Jeremy freaked out when she fell to one knee.
"There's too many of them, and it's so loud," Sakura cringed. "Too much," everything turned into ringing in her ears and she passed out.
"Jeremy, take her outside," Bonnie commanded.
"What about you?" Jeremy frowned.
"I'll be fine, just go!" Bonnie tried to rush him.
Jeremy picked Sakura up, "I'll get you out of here." He rushed outside and straight to Damon.
"What the hell happened?" Damon asked as Jeremy handed her over to him.
"She said the voices were too loud and passed out," Jeremy explained.
"Sakura?" Damon laid her down.
"Ugh, what happened?" Sakura woke up and put her hand on her head.
"Are you in pain?" Damon asked seriously.
"Aside from a headache and a little bit of a ringing in my ear, I'm okay," Sakura replied as Damon helped her get up.
Jeremy was about to head back in when the doors shut, "HEY!" Jeremy screeched.
"Screw you, too, Emily. You know, you're on your own in there," Damon yelled. Damon's phone started to ring, and he pulled it out. "It's Elena," Damon said before answering, "Hello. Who would do that? You sure? Yeah, yeah." Damon hung up.
They heard Bonnie scream and Jeremy rushed up to the door. He pulled on the handles hastily, but they wouldn't budge. "Move," Sakura commanded.
"But Bonnie? I have to get in," Jeremy complained.
"She said move!" Damon growled. Jeremy moved off to the side. Sakura pointed her palm at the door and it burst open. "Now you can go," Damon rolled his eyes.
"Right, thanks," Jeremy rushed in.
"Come on we have to go to the Lockwood's," Damon nudged Sakura along.
"Sakura!" Leilani rushed up to her when they got inside.
"Stay here, I'm going to talk to the Sheriff," Damon walked in further.
"John's laying dead on the floor," Leilani freaked out.
"He's wearing a Gilbert ring, he'll be back in a few hours," Sakura explained as she looked of at John.
"Really?" Leilani was relieved.
"Where's Elena and Stefan?" Sakura asked, noticing their absence.
"Let's go," Damon had picked up John and was carrying him out the back.
Sakura started to walk when Leilani clinged to her arm. "You can come if you want, you know?" Sakura sighed.
"Really, yes," Leilani didn't let go as they followed Damon.
Damon dumped John's body on the floor at the Salvatore house. "Is he really going to come back?" Leilani poked him.
"Yes," Damon sighed. "I'm going to go clean up," Damon said referring John's blood on his hands and clothes. "You guys keep an eye on him," Damon kissed Sakura on the cheek and headed upstairs.
"You guys are so cute," Leilani giggled. Sakura rolled her eyes, but Leilani noticed her holding back a smile. "So, how long is it going to take?" Leilani asked, referring to John.
"No idea," Sakura sighed. Suddenly they heard the sound of glass breaking. Sakura rushed up the stairs with Leilani close behind, "Damon?" She opened the bathroom door to find the soap dish shattered on the floor and Damon standing there shirtless, "What happened?"
"She took the moonstone and Elena is gone!" Damon growled and hung up his phone.
"What?" Leilani freaked out.
Sakura threw a shirt to him, "Let's get going. Leilani stay here, call if anything happens."
"Right," Leilani bit her lip and moved out of the way as Sakura and Damon rushed down the stairs.
"Think this is the house?" Stefan asked as he joined up with them at Isobel's house.
"Better be. It's the nicest foreclosure in town," Damon said, knowing her tactics all too well.
"Swear to God if she's not here..." Stefan growled.
"Don't be such a pessimist," Damon shook his head.
As soon as they went inside Stefan rushed upstairs, "I got upstairs."
"There's no one here," Sakura said before they started looking around.
"You sure?" Damon asked as he glanced around.
"I'm sure," Sakura sighed.
"Well she was here," Damon pointed to her luggage. Stefan came back down after finding nothing, "This is Isobel's stuff. It's definitely the right place."
"Where are they?" Stefan frowned.
"I don't know, Stefan," Damon sighed, "Now what?"
Sakura's phone rang, "Hello Leilani, Elena came home? We're on our way," Sakura hung up.
"Let's go," Damon said immediately.
"Is that Isobel's?" Stefan asked Elena, looking at the necklace in her hand.
"I never thought I would feel bad about her being dead, and yet..." Elena trailed off.
"She was your mother," Stefan stated.
"In a weird way, she still cared about you," Sakura sighed.
"I'm so sorry," Leilani pulled Elena into a hug.
"Why did they let me go?" Elena was holding back tears.
"Well, anything John told Isobel, we have to assume that Klaus knows, right? So he knows that you're not gonna turn yourself into a vampire. He knows that you have us keeping you safe," Stefan stated, "He hasn't made too much of an attempt to get Sakura or Leilani, but I have a feeling that has to do with Sakura."
"Hm?" Sakura raised an eyebrow.
"No offense, but you're the scariest person I know, as odd as that may sound. I've seen you get stronger, Sakura. I've seen you take out werewolves like it was child's play. They'll come for you last," Stefan explained.
"Well guys, he knows I'm not gonna run," Elena stated, bringing the conversation back.
"Which is why we need to take some precautions, 'cause we got played, all of us," Damon pulled out some papers.
"What's that?" Elena asked.
"It's the deed to our house. It's in Zach's name. As soon as you guys sign it, it'll be in your name," Stefan said looking at Elena and Sakura.
"I need to sign as well?" Sakura looked at them questioningly.
"Just in case," Damon tried to hand her a pen, "You basically live here anyways."
Elena took the pen and sighed it first, then offered Sakura the pen, "Just sign it. Please."
Sakura turned to Leilani. "It's fine with me, as long as I get a room," Leilani giggled.
Damon took the pen from, Elena and put it in Sakura's hand, "Sign, or I'll sign for you."
"Fine," Sakura gave in and signed the paper.
"Isobel had the right idea with the safe house. You'll just stay here till it's all over. That way, you can control who gets invited and who doesn't," Stefan explained to Elena.
"I'll be super pissed if you lock me out," Damon told Sakura. Sakura smirked and shook her head.
"John's awake," Sakura said and Damon rushed over to him.
"I swear I had no idea what she was going to do. I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry," John seemed genuinely sorry.
"Damon, let him go. He and I need to talk," Elena stated.
Everyone but Elena and John headed into the library, to give them some alone time.
"Hey, Bonnie said the spell worked. She's locked and loaded," Damon said looking at his phone.
"At least something went right today. Katherine has no idea that Bonnie got her powers back and Isobel had no idea what you and Jeremy took Bonnie to do today. We're the only ones who know," Stefan sighed.
"That literally makes Bonnie our secret weapon," Damon smirked.
"I'm no Bonnie, but I have learned a thing or two about magic," Leilani smiled, "The more secret weapons, the better, right?"
"Indeed," Damon laughed, then he noticed Sakura looking out the window. "Something wrong?" he inquired.
"Well there is definitely something not right," Sakura frowned, "I just can't pinpoint it..."
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